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^TL_-»s»AR MARCH AND IXE WONSTRATION , HARRISBURG. PA . . 

gPTEWSER EIGHT - FOURTEEN KEXT . SPONCORED BY PENNSYLVANIA 
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PITTSBURGH SOURCE, WHO HAS FuRhISHEO RELIABLE INFORMATION 
IN THE PAST, ADVISED TODAY APPROXIMATELY TEN INDIVIDUALS, 

ALL UNKNOWN TO SOURCE, DEPARTED PITTSBURGH, PA., APPROXIMATELY 
’ TEN THIRTY AM, THIS DATE, ENROUTE TO HARRISBURG, PA. THESE 
INDIVIDUALS BELIEVED TO BE MARCHING BY THE WAY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA 
TURNPIKE AND PLAN TO JOIN OTHER-GROUPS IN HARRISBURG ON ^ , 
..j^^WlEraER ELEVEN, SEVENTY ONE. HEQJ5 

"PITTSBURGH FORUM," A WEEm NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED iNs£p_j^ ^ 

PITTSBURGH, PA., DATED SEPreMBER THREE, SEVENTY ONE, 

PUBLISHED , AN ARTICLE >V stated ^I,H part , "ABOUT A DOZEN 
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TASK FOilCE 


Call'd. Illiads is the site of a stiotaincS and effective boycott of whice owned stores b: 
the t>l»ek eitiiums of thin rbcially ehorjtod town. Ihe United Kront, a-n uebrella on^onis* 
ation that i'lCludes the KAACP, is conducti.'.s a boycott whi '- has sougl't ever a period of 
2 >* months to orsanise blacks in this snail (6200 pop.) nirai town to demand eighty more 
retail and public offices for blacks* _ . 

The Front first statted Uie boycott in April 196? and continued against violence fro: 
local racist residents, the lo^al polico and the state militia. The blacks have been 
fired on over 164 tines during the boycott and taany members have been threatened. Four 
eitlaens have died in this townCso far!)* Ihe boycott has been successful but costly. 
Several stores have been closed down tiiereby cutting off needed foods stuffs and clothing 
from the cooramlty. Several store owners will not sell to those supporting the boycott. 

Therefore, upon request from the United Front in Cairo, 111., New Jersey Vietnam 
Veterans Against the War in conyunction with the National Office of WAV will undertake 
a resupply mission to Cairo and the United Front. 




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Purpose: To support the Black struggle in America against a racism and an economic 
reppessio.n that is readily apparent to those veterans who fou^t under the sase conditio: 
in'viotnaa. 

Program: WAV, on a national and local level, will seek to eoUect the following 
itenc for distribution by the United Front in Cairo: 

a. Foqd; canned, non-perishable or dry 

b. medical supplies 

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e. clothing 
d» gas aaaks 

VVAV will provide trained porsoanel to instruct Cairo rosidants working 
with the United Front in the following areas: , 

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' ■ . ' WAV will publicize the eveChs and goals of Cairo, 111 as such as possible 

WAM has undertaken this dssieo becau6e’'this membership is not only concerned with 
ending this war, but chenging the doseszic, social, political and econoaie institutions 
that have caueed and permitted the cwitinuance of war.” (WAV Objectives #9) 

' NCU YOU CAiN MQf: •* Advertise the situation in Cairo, 111 , . 

, b^..J^S?l-«it.«>nd otockpilo fMd, clothing nnd mcJiccue, 

e. Contact WAV headquarters for ^ckup. 

IVirther information concerning the situatlea nay be obtained from WAV office, 324 
Blosnfield.Avs, .Hmtelair, N.!. (201) r 44- 32^3 — or the United Front, Box 544. Cairo, 111 
(619) 734-0376 

WAV will be proceeding by Conv^ to St. I.ou1b, Ko on or about Jul^ 20, 1970 \ 

WAV will then proceed fpoo St. louis on a eoaB'jl'.£.-tod convey with contingents from' , 
all ever the United States. OCT 1 9 1^1^ 


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Tho cuM'ont -iltuatlon In Cairo, Illinois ste^is fxgn a circumntaTJcCfO* 

not unllKc tfvasr: tcuni3 in r.ny .Mack corojunity Slatant 

overt riicls'i, 'iolltieai rcprosdion, economic exoTbitation, an'-' police 
,>.v tality aic: tlv .wiin components of oojrccBion of Plack nooplc. In 
Cairo, Illinois the sti'CP that broke the ca-moln back «-'ns the i>ollce •nur<’er 
of a- black brother, « “na'i" veteran, ‘The entire co-nunity was outraQcf’ 
by this final innuit ane «*cci<.’cti to fight back. 

tjnecr the lcr.cer‘ih.\> of Sev. iCocn ant’ the tnited i?ront, the community 
comiioncef' a .boycott of those businonn.-^s that represent the rreatest 
threat to the black community, i.'hlsc arc the establioh:abhts that refuse 
to hire a bl-.ck brother or sister, charge higher interest to black 
customers, hr.ve inci'cnsci' prices tor black customers, insult black customer 
(making thsm mait until all vhitc folk are cetvec., oroisositioning black 
sisters, calllnf black brothers boy, etc,) arsl then having the unmititatcO 
gaul to use t'nc rr'ofits accruec' by ovorcharninc* black neople to finance 
a white vir.iHaiitc frouo. whose ournose for foininc was to "kceo nieoers in 
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•fhe boycott, new in its twenty-seventh month, affeetino sone seventy loercen 
of the bunincss establishments in Cairo has been ninety pnreont effective. 
This succeos 5ma.s rcsultc'' in vaiiine the wrath ot the white racist estab- 
lishment, has mnni-festcO itself in more afiressive virillantc- 

activity. '.^ha viciiante's have com.mlcta sun-Joit of Governor Orilivc, the 
toliee, the ..aycr of Cairo, an-' are beae'et’ up by the Chief of lolice. 
The three blet‘; ’.>olicemen that Cairo boastcO as prina-facie cvii'cnee of 
their “libcrnitcm" have quit time racist force in protest of the mur«.'.er of 
the black bro^iher an-' the foroatioii o. f the group),. 

The boycott is :tho. »in^c''‘-n©ftt^^¥t'o?tiv^i3!^Aiion^7^^^^^?^^^^^lable 
to the black eommunity. * successful economic boycott iJi’oi’i<"es the 
leverage aec<‘e-‘ tor forcing the racist '>owets to the conference table. 

Once at the table, negotiations to resolve the uroblCA of e:f:?loitntion 
of all i»oi peoole can procee<> vino, the Oisoiution of the vigilante 
croup ant- the o> aessien of the -wor whites v;ho are being naCa to sup^jortt 
the racist vigilantes, though they gain .•vothing fro-mthis save the ability 
to walk eewn the etrect without 'joing sole u-)on, can be brought about. It 
is important to note that a (-reat many of the tooor white are members of the 
vigilantes for various reasons. ?o be.g;in with, it..virevi <’ifeit» one means of 
venting their frustrations at the onuresclon am' e:toloitr.tion the 'osnrer 
structure heaps vv»n them, also it mrovi<'«s a source of income, (for 
people vfithout jo.bf; a stioeni.*, no uvttef ho’-r snail, is justification for 
I'Ain'i what thsy -uvst *^ 0 ), finally it -must be ve-menbore«^ that the racist 
con<’it^oning of .oor whitcfw i.e,, you t'on't have a, job nov» ant', if you 
C.on't v-^cep thos niggers in their olacc when one (job) opens un a nigger v*ill‘ 
get it-an«' you‘li still be out in the coK, hns been c’evastatlnc.ly effective 
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rhe question has bmen raise*’- "''hat benefit >*iii the i.wor yhLt^s e’erivo from - 
VV.vJ's participa'cion in tlv* Cairo project?" I believe the^rocet'inc \ 
oaragra-Vn ansvero tliat question, but 1 will attempt to amiSS-fy it, The 
successful acco-vplishncnt of the boycott, that is.; thc^.a;cnriSin|^of^thc 
objectivcfi of 'chvf ?5nitc<' Front will proviOe a job market for all of the poor. 
iX.o;ie of Cairo, /-t -.>rcsci>t forty-seven percent of the work force in 
Cairo (v;ith a vor-y limito*^ Job market) is rccruitet' from o'iit of state, 

•nlso, the v/hitc community has closer tho s\-»inr5ing i»ols, oi^neC private 
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’ with a muAhcrcblp nov q.proachlnc'20,000 tmd vlth chapters Chartered 
or foralnc In all fifty ntates onil Vlctnaa, the Victnan Veterans '’jfc:' 

Agelnst the War has cone o lon^: vay In the four years since it vos '' 

foiled in the cprlne of I967 hy six yoii^ veterans livlnc In Neu . ; 

York City. . ' .. • ..^,p. 

By ^he ^(^nnins of 1968 the V'/AW bad established chopters in states 
as fer flune as Alabama end California, Ohio and Oregon. Actually 
there were dozens, if not hundreds, of Kan veterans across the 
country speaking out os concerned individuals. Just waiting for some- '■■■i 
thing organized to happen. 

With a base of 5^600 anabers, the fledgling veterans' organization ..Vi', 
opened a national office in Kew York-, began publishing a aerviceoan's 
newspaper froin Chicago, "Vietnam Gl" and filling speahing engagements . 
across the country. .".1 ' 

By the suaner of 1968, through the fall-off of public support for 
the peace-movement after Bresideni Johnson’s April 1 abdication 
speech and the OrMning of energies by the political campaigns, the 
WAM was nearly broke and had to close its flow York office. We sent . 

90 veterans to the Beisocratic National Coav»tion -- one from eBeb........rflg j^ a 

state — to lob^ with the delegates ip sup^ort^.^- an anti-war 
form, and instead of being listened to, the vetFwere teargassed 
.along with everyone else. * 

With tl.e renewed octivity of the peace novement and the popular re- 
eponse to the first cwo ii»ratori\>ns , the WAW found itself baek to- 
gether again. As it had before, the revived organization concentrated . 
on speaking and debating eogageaente, newspaper advertisements and . . 
radio and television talic sluw appear- nees. .By the bediinini’ of 
. the national aembership was iqcn.ross'uing l^GO nenbera*'' However, 
the slump in peace activities and public sx^pert through the winter, 
the WAW was again at low ebb by early spring. 

A new direction, which would presently be--T .fruit, had been taken 
during the winter by a 'small group vitfaln tlic WAW. Following the 
press expose of the My Lai sascacre in I'ovcmber 1969, and the Adaln- 
ictration's contentions «»at the shootings at Song My hod been an 
"Isolated incident," a nuDher of Vietnam veterans who knew otherwise 
from their own experience, helped lora a series of war crimes heorings 
that brou^t forth Victnaa veterans ^ testily to American atrocities 
they had witnessed, ^c first of^thc-se hearings was held in Annapolis 
Maryland in February 1970; the second, six weeks Icter in Springfield, 
Massachusetts. vj'.-'i-f.'. 

Then in May caae the invasion of Cambodia, ttiu shootings at Jackson... - 
and Kent State, and the national student strikes. Once again the ’ 

WAW was revived by fresh energies nnd new applications for member- 
ehlp. Memiiors of the WAW, led 5tMflent.stoik_cs„onjnaJor...cflBil>uscSji^^,;vi;^g^fe' 
thrctii^ioBt3:i^,:CWt'Cn’f^'An9t'?i^~i^^'. ^H^'^^^ Vl5tnpjBi.vetcran,.^^^^^^^ 
-pHt icnts-^ir VATl>oapltal.‘:fCOt~~ii>vol.v.^-ii>:tl,iC-ip<!..*iccy«evoinCTt in /inrge^*^^^® 
numbers. Soim? of them nliui got into troubi'c'witir' hospital autliori- - 
tics, mid the WAU national ofTicu found Itself In a new role of ' v7^; 

pressuring and InMylnc* for vet«;m>.'; rijilita.; _ .V- " ' ^ 

Over tlw nnwiicr of 19^ Urn WAW ^•r.•xb>:liiy^gl•eu in neaber.'ship to the ■ 

2000 iKirfc. Yli.1i ov. r lol^ir fki;.. w«-«+.- uil Un Viut-iiun v.^t.-run:: group 
iitiig.ul im iM-tioti Hint fiiU.iailb .1 jL t^iw.ird it>ttJi.ii:il r.'<to(siil.loi). Vie 
- nctlmi wnii "0|Hrr>iLJ«ei IcipM Ae>-rl4Uiii WJUidrawal (llAW);",.«« foui*-dfiy,-r; -^-j§^^ 

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ioy H'lCu, 'V^<rrnti<Mi liAW" viin a i■dxt.l&-o t>r pciico norcti, inol^llc ~ 
cpmk-out tiiid fwaTlHH Ui‘M^;n. CnocpJn;: tlii*oue}» *^riil l«ck 
;., , countlcii/or ilcV, jcnvjr ^"■•^l^ca;?t<Tn Puairylvonin, tlic 150 v.ctcrnna js-^?^ 
on the nurcU (^iD b*;14 UO'lHii^de Ifchrtu uwqic tlicn) distrihut^ 
leaflets, “coi-ilbrtcd" vil?j^.» and cn^ ivjnn, "interrogated" and ’ 
"fitiot" locol civlliana "3>'>’i>nged groups of octorc),' end, In 
genera^, tried to rccrect*: tlic brutal ruolllics of tlic wor> ,- 

Af the rally ot Volley tortc cn labor Buy, 1500 local cupportcrc 
vatched the vets "on do:in a long slope •• the 

'•■ la|t three hundred yards djon'inj ’’Peace. ..Itou" '-- bnd carrying,. 
five body bogs ulth nuad<crn of VS and Victnonicsc dead end vounded 
on thca.' After on aftcmcon of speeches, the vvtcrans naosed In 
coa^eny fonsatiai and, cn couarnd, bruie their plosMc uoapons to 
eyntellto their teteralnatioD for peace'. . 

9ien,' tbi'ougb the fall, the grcvlng veterans ffrrvp plonned its tust 
oabitious effort yet- After having held hes -ings into var crines In 
a dozen cities m the £'.st .'Vest ocl liid-Vfcrt, WAN decided to hold 
natlo'nal bearings itvslvirg- t.cr cae hTJored ]!an vets. Ihe name 
chosen for the naticoaX hearings vrs tSe "Vinter Soldier Investlga* 
tion;" a referenes to I'm.’ raine’s 1776 remark about the "sucaer 
soldiers end sunrhlr', patriots" vho shrink from the service of their 
country in times of crisis- As VJet.->ae veicrons we know the Admini* 
Stratton is cynically scchit^g tc- shift its O'vn guilt to the lower 
grade field officers, «»« Jon-;jf», e>.d the enlisted men, for war 
crimes t^t originate In t;ashIn:^bon, CC 

me Winter Soldier Invcatigatlen wa.% bsM in Pitreit, Kiehigan on 
January 31, Pe'eruavy lard S. l^Tl* Sbis, coupled with a free full' 
page ad published is t'-ii l^'-ruary iss'i» of Plev^y. increased our 
•eiiborship eonsiCerably. ' * ■..'•■ ■- 

me next action pl^h*^ 'W.-a vc* "Operation Pewey Canyon lllj" a 
five'day operation in V'sshir.gton, K S^rm April 19 to 23, 19T1> 

Veterans of all woi-s vzrc invited to join rs to protest not only 
VS involvement in Snitlicast' Asia, but also the dooestlc, social, 
political and econvoit ;:snd.tticns tbet have caused and permitted 
the continuance ef the .va;*,. tin deplorable eonditlons . in VA and_,-. 
tslLltary hospitals,’ me' Ittdecuncy of tbe Cl benefits, and the 
traordlnary rote cf un^?*yaent auonc Vietnam veterans* '' ' ''T^" ' 

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Some 2009 vetemut i>crt,.cipeteo In vhat was regarded by most of the ' 
press and public oc the vest Isoorttr.t event to hove occurred in the ' 
peace movement in a Iwj while, ms frustrations, however, were 
many. Curiug the week prior to WAVs anival in Washington, 
government attorrsyo ."geared before s Federal JUdge where 
they requested, csid were greutsd, an injunction to forbid the'vets 
from comping on the Stall. 'Ibe inJuTiCtirn was rescinded three days 
later by the US Court of Appeelc., nent day the government 
took Itc case to the Sunreor? tt'urt and got cn order restraining the 
original injunction. Vetcrons expected to be arrested at any time, 
but when no avvc ves cade tc rnl’oi-ec t)ic injunction Justice' Depart- 
aient attorneys oxvcnrcd befvre the T-Pdcral judge and got him to 
dismiss the carli^ oidsr. llcrli In the ^»eck the gates of Arling- 
ton Cemetery liud 'been sTvoBEacd chut In the face of veterans, nnd Cold 
Star mothers when tlicy uttcimtvd to lay two wreaths. Ihc following 
doy the gates were opened, me response of the Washington comnun' 

Ity Old tlie »at-i«a j^toranSj^wts^ovcirohc^od^^y^^ypP®* 

thct'ici' ' Po^jrclotto^?f''iw\i'''hc*ti ■»ind''wncy!^rtr •boiii’^wcr'i.^^^c^^^P 

1 * given, lobt^ing, ‘^.ceottr and ^stlnohy wcrc' prcsTOt'od'|-*;^ 

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a notional ^Tfsve funned ii Veternns Actloii Ctoup 

n lobhyJnr. ofrS.s; In '4:*!:hJnV4'.>, Vu- .-cUon Riwip' If. involved . 

in laid t1io dml LJi-;t «•-*“ li-ivolutinn roliillvo ti> veterun'u 

cervices laul Hw V.diby.hst office In ik>I)in tlic advance • 

work hud wqgiiiif. the ilu- ianc(.v(;i-liig Uic IcgiiOiitJon tl u-onid i . 

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llcriuico our mbUci.id l.rrUail. .nivi rimiiot wait for <>■" i-n'ict- 

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tiQvo miwi Ita Ik-w Hi r.ir»> nnit Viir.Uiiio; li<iir-v(iy 

houni-;: Jn libaaHsqa' Xtn, (>jJU><*aa09 t>aHl prsyciiotlacraijiy 

sraamri lia Ik.-v Yurti« ni11akk;l|)ialai urul UsLroii;, wiUi sore plunncd or. 
our ravouaxti; • 

In kccplnc viUi tlx; olijcctivvc oi' our orci'oieution, WAV has ci.'irtccl 
a "Lifeline- to CaJi-o." Uc hnye icovcd to the offcnnlve oealnst the 
foroca of rucicN am-l cconoB^c* exploitation In thia country. Our 
continuing cenvoys of fooa onfi cIothin(> to^ toiro^ Illinoic will en- 
able ouir brothers anal sisters to continue their strucclc against 
the rnclst powa^ structure ' lat ca»cKs to c^^loit poor and third-: 
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Winter Soldier Invcstigattonr. are being eonducted by our chi^ters 
across the country (viUi soatc twrotycight planned in toe next tvo 
tnntlis) .as a part of our cajiitinuing effort to bring the truth, to 
the.WS.’- 

Our aerabers are on>-7Cring rcgulcrly on radio and tv shove and 
speaking at gathcringi:, 1 and snsll, throughout this country 
and around tiic vorld. 






We have sent delegates to the World Peace Council Conferences in 
; • Budapest and StocUholc, the Seventeenth World Conference Against 
Atonic and Bj-droger. Konbs in HiroshiM and to Hanoi and Barle to 
Met uith our Indochinese brothers and stoters. 

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CsMStically vo have'participated in the Southern Christian Lender* ■* 
ship Conference In l<ev Or' cans, the national Student Association *1^ 

■ Congress in Pt. Collins, Oolprodo, the National Welfare Bight; Or* 
ganlzatlons convention in Providence, Rhode Island and the Peeples 
Coalition for Peace and Justice Cenvention in Milwaukee, to nar.e a 
- f*«. 

. In August 1971 we published the first edition of the new WAV news* 
paper, "Ihe 1st Casualty". ”®>e V.vj Soldier", a book otout Dewey^.tijy^^M 
.■ Canyon III, publichcC. by Kaeoiillan, will be released in Septeebef^lpe^S® 
1971- Another book', "Ihc 'Winter Soldier Investigation" (testiowy 



from the Petrolt hecring;), publi’shcd by Beacon Press, will be re- 
leased in February 197?* 

Guided by c national f-Ceerirag ccc^ttee of 26 regional coordinators, 
the WAi.' Is run dsy-to-day by a six-acisaer.-national executive coa-' - 
Bittec, under a charter of incorporation fron the Stote of Mew fork 
08 0 non-profit, educational orgemiaatior.. 

Never, in the history of /t’cricaa vcirfnre, have veterans of that 
war protested it while tiic war i:hcy participated in was still in 
progress. Another, .nnd greater precedent has now been set; WAtf- 
currently' h*:. 2000 bcai>crc on active duty in Vietnam. The meDil>er- 
shlp is Increasing at toe rate of 50 to 75 each day. The Naa 
Mcwbcrc arc fttxi every sani-lce i«d every Job clfisaiflcatlon, from 
grunt to Voclor, Untiery Cocisni der to Nurse, from IV Corps to 

X Corps, froo Lacs to Caubouia to 'xhnilond to ^*ic South China Sea. 






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“When the npoila are wortli the victory, , 

thc-l.nltrs Mfu;st be fought." 


,:.<s 


(over) 




9 






(HtnymvKt op vTtnitAH vhm^i.-. nr. ^rr tiik im». thc 


Ito , 0 , ^^■.■.,U,,u or l'iclitJr.K wid tJ.c vltlidi-nw-d 

of lai /lMCTl(;iii) tru».|«i fi-OM Ji,duL-1.jr«i. Wc cmiiiot ullow one 
w»rc titmun boinu to be kllloJ in Ijrfoehliia. 


ttb.d^iKl Ooncrcffls enuet IcBlclntlon for the lumedlote tcri*- 
InuWon of till najdc IrtjluG utilised by the United Ototco v 
BO*om*ent, itc alllcc and the Central IntclUcerice deency ■ 
to eupport Uit-lr lllccal ojieratloi'.s in Latin /loeflco, Africa 
Chln^ ^ropc and the cwjntrico of Vietnam, Conbodla, looo. 
and Iboilond. ' 


1b show Aacrlcans that their society la structured by a 
roelcn uhleh leU us view nil non-uhltes o» less than human 
Ibis racism iwsbes our oinorltiec throuch Inferior schools 
^d ^to the conbat arms. n)uc, we ctnd our ninoritlcs off 
to die in disproportionately high numbers while we kill 
Aslans IndiscriRlnntely. Me demand that the nllitary recog- 
nise Its cre«>llcity in America's domestic and Intematienol 


1b make clear that t)>» United 

f- - . 

Indochina 
its war In fodochlnn, affirm tb: 
As former Cl's 


- States has never undertaken 

M extensive <^cn investigation of American war crimes in 

deotnd that the United States government, : 

principles of Nuremberg- 
the responsibility of the in- 
dividual soldier to refrain from connittlng war crimes. \ 
also recognize tbot t}»e responsibility and guilt of war 
crimes coesitted in the nooe ©f Aiaeriea Ilea with our ®ol3 
Bakers ttt.aU levels. . , . 

• ri' 

■ * .• ■ ' * * -s ft • ■ • . f.- 

serviewn and w«;ncn be,V^; 

**** 08 citizens that ore guaranteed by the 

United Statcc Constitution and Mil of Righto that are ' 
presently denied them by the Uniform Code of miltaiy Jus- 
tice. We arc ai^llcd «Kt servicemen and women are 
treated as lC5s-t.hon-firrt-clccs citizens. We endorse the 
efforts of our active-duty sisters and brothers in their 
struggle to dCDocratlzc the military. 






fiSCIiASSmiD 




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// 8 / 30/71 

8 / 31/71 






9 / 13/71 

Regarding Bureau request for comments concerning 
pot®*^ti&l of tile WAW in WDC to engage In disruptive 
acts of civil disobedience, since the WAW has ptomoted ^ 
opposition to t^ Vietnam War through public demonstrations 



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avtngt 




















WFO 100-47162 






















ilftb STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUlTlCE 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 


Washington* D.C. .205: 
September 15, ;357V 


VTRTWAM VETERANS AGAINST <WAWi 


(a confidential sourc^who has prwlded 
reliable information in the pastl^dvisej 
th^t the Washington, D.C. (WDC), branch 
of the WAW Is essentially an anti-war 
veterans group whose objective is ?to 
«iihllel2e oDoosition to the Vietnam War 


ihe' rc^j'ln’’a-' pressrelease ‘dat»d;^5||||f^^ 

March 1. 1971, described Itself 
being headquartered In WDC «nd 
slstlng of over 100 organisations 
which are using massive civil dls->^^y ^ 5 ) 
obedience to combat 

repression and war. V^' ' LfA^^Kmm 

■ . ^ - >* ■■ . '.■-''■.-."-I- , fr* 

The source advised the WAW, WDC, ^br^ch has no ^^ 
sr se, but gathers support^for Its publlc : 4 ^t*n 5 ttatlo^^P 
association with other aritl-wr groups, such 
the Concerned Officers Movement, local .anti-irar group;^ 
consisting of, active -duty .«md reserve. mlll^a.i^.-officera|| 















^ S^rce advised that u 
on indicating that the WD 
Jt prone individuals or oe 
►f the Government, 

sources familiar with New 
en contacted^ 
















mm 


Transmit tbs following In 


^Typt i* pMUaW «r c»tf«> 

AIBMA.1I. 

(PMitfi 


AIKEEL 


DIRECTOR, FBI (100-4A8092) 

SAC. AIBANY (100-22029) (RUC) 

VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR (WAW) 

IS-MEU 1£FT 
(00: NEW YORK) 

Re Bureau leeter to Albany dated 8/3/71. 
Enclosed herewith for the Bureau arc five cople 


SUBJECT 


; contains Information from souRes of continuing v^lue, unaut 
V disclosure of which could Identify the6e sources and thus 
prove prejudicial to the national security Interest, y. V ^7 












ALL INFORMATION CONTAIND 





our an 

advised 
to be emplojtedi&a^^r. 


On August 31, 1971,;^Pg^ 
who has furnished liable ja forinatiph 
that a^^^HBHBItt^BliK^ntinu^ 




C 0 N 
GROUP I 
EKcluded 
tiof^radi] 
Declassifj 


September 1, 1971 


VIETMAM VETERANS AGAIKST THE WAR (WAMj 

On August 30, 1971, a^nfidential source who 
has ^.1 re llab le informat ion in the past, advised 

that onegM[||B||pMBBIIH^MS2iJ^2£^ knovm to be 
aff-THa ce^tS^h^ Vietnam Vete r an s Agai ns t tha W ar (WAW) 
There is n6 organization at this location and. tht8^;^is t^^ 
only Individual currently acquainted with the captioned^;-^* 
organization. He has not been active and at this time 
his aims and objectives, except to bring about an end to 
the Vietnam War, are unknown. He is not Jcncnm ^tp, be^ 
dominated or controlled by any revolutionary ot_8uly^erUve 
groups. . 


by a revolutionary or subversive group. 
















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rrt>ir;i5?^A 


_ 9-10-71 


0-71^^^^ 

ftTTN t OOKJSTEL) 


TEt:m 




■.;■-•• --.iV 

Mr. Tolao. 

Mr. F^t^p 
Ur. SuIliraiL^ 
Mr. Mehr-^ 
Mr. Bii^fp^M- 
Mr.BrennanCp, 
Mr. Callahan.-^ 
Mr. Casper_— 
Mr. Conrad— 
iMr. Daibey.^_ 

iMr. Gala 

■Mr. Ponder 

Mr. Rosen— 
Mr. Tavel i. 
Mr. Walter! — 
Mr. S'vara'.^ 
Tele. Roo m ' ^ 
Miss Holmes— 
Miss Gandy.— 


^.^CTOR ATTN* oora^TRL, 

ITIOM PHILADELPHIA (102-53353) (^V Tele.^Ri)om4- 

Miss Holmei — 

REC-^ 

WfT-m MdBCH m DE«0KSTRm0I!_lO£?«l?y5P .It • ^ 

7 FE SWYW JIj ff ETK^ VETERAKS AGAI^ THE VIAS^. VIPS". 

. W^nOENIUL SOUBCE .E«UED THIS E-.TE TE.T 








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■|jjj||^^^K||||Hl|H||lij|d||j||||||||^^S PLANNED :T0 PRO. ^ ■'■ — 

CEEC TO KfiRRlSEURo/PA.^vnTH EXPECTEO ARRIVAL FIVE THIRTY y‘' A 

P^.,sEPTE«EHj#vEPt5SxT.'^ " AU INFORMftTIQN CJ^S 

"cc to .herein IS UriCLASS^t^ll 

END Adm. data deleted ,B Y£d^^pp| 






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SIX HUNDRED DEMONSTRATORS ARE EXPECTED BY, THE GROUP FOR THE 
S£PTEMB^?EL^.jEjg..RALLY:;-#ai^^^>-^#|^§--- f/?* 




MEEffiG'^HOUSE 


PH .10P-533S5. ; ' - - ’ 

GROUP PLANS TO CAMP AT CITY ISLE PARK. A RALLY IS SCHEtTULED 
FOR ONE P.M. SEPTEMBER TWELVE NEXT AT THE PARK . / 

SPEAKERS INCLUDE RElLy\MC LAU6KL1N i ONE OF EIGHT. fERSp*!S IHOICTJ? 
BY FGJ OK FOUR THREE SEVENTYOKE FOR CONSPIRACY TO KIDNAP PRESID- 
ENTIAL advisor HENRY KISSINGER AND BLOW UP HEATING TUNNELS. IB 
WASHINGTON D«C.? MUHAMMAD KEKYATTA , HEAD OF NATIONAL BLACK 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE AT PHILA . PA., AND AL HUBBARD, 

national secretary of wav. 


CIRCULATE IN THE HALLS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LEGISLATURE 


IPGISG PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL FIVE FOUR FIVE. APPROXIMATELY 


PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, TROOP L, READING, PA.. ADVISED 


EADING FROM POTTSTOWN .AT FOUR, P>M> .INSTANT D.ATE 

• r, • ' j! :■ • 'J : ‘V Hi:. : - j* * -i'/j’ J '• .. * ' V V' 

DELPHIA GROUpf,CONSisTS OF TECmARCHERS AND 'ONE JAN 
WAW MARCHERS FROM ALLENTOWN ARRIVED FOUR J.M. THIS DATE 





















PAGE TOUR, 






RE PHILADELPHIA m 
IS 


WKp WAS CONTACTED OK IKSTAKT DATE BY SA 


ADMINISTRATIVE t 


PHILADELPHIA WILL FOLLOW AHD REPORT DEVELOPMENTS TO BUREAU- 







ILLINCI 


AT CAIRO, 


Bto US^ Savings 




' * C^nOHAU VOnM tt 

^ IMVIVBCDfnCN 

«aA PTMft <« 9ll) 


MAT ItVCUasWN 
«aA PTMft <« 9ll) 

UNITED STATES QBTONMENT^^,,,.. 

Memorandum 


date: 9/15/71 


TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (100-448092) 

PROM KANSAS CITY (100-New) P 

'■'-'-i'.'-. i'"' \‘'.4''‘5 .ii''..- ■■■'.■ ' . , 

subtect: Vietnam Veterans Against 
the_War (WATI) Activity, 
Cairo, Illinois, 

Weekend of 10/3/71r 
IS - NEW lEPT 
00 SI 


Enclosed for the Bureau are eight copies of a. 
letterhead raeraorandum regarding captioned activity. 

Enclosed for Springfield and St. Louis are two 
copies of above letterhead memorandum. .;,4;r • 

Enclosed for the Hew York Division is one copy 
of above letterhead memorandum for information. 

' 

• This letterhead memorandum is classified 

fidiktial because it contains sources and information, 

. the ^authorized disclosure of .which, could 

adverse effect on the national defers inter^t.^\^ 




defend' inter 

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED r 
HEREIN IS UNCLASS!ri£D ^ 


LEADS . all information CONTA 

ST. LOUIS HEREIN IS UNCLASS!ri£D 

AT ST, LOUIS, MISSOURI ^ 

Contact WAW sources regarding informat^n in 

enclosed letterhead “©“orandum, in^wder^to^e^y- 


SPRlNGFIEIi) 


Ddum in^OTder.to^^e^^^^^^^^ 













won* Nan 


FROU 


DIRECT<mt FBI (100-448002) 
Qc, TAMPA (100-2514) (ROC) 
i^FIKTKAM WPBftAltS AQAIHST T 


date: 9/17/71 


subject: (^FIFTKAM VCTBftAltS AQAIWST THE TAR (WAW) i 


(00: KBW TORI) 

R« Bur«au latter to AlbanT 8/3/71. 

Dut^lDg Aaguat and Septoabar, contact 
priata aouMaa haa not ravaalad tha forMtlon of a VTAW 

chapter locallr* 

Several indlvlduala froa the Taapa 

SSSs-lSX™ s I® 

organize a WAW group In tha Taapa Olvlalon. \j^ 

For brevity, Idantltlaa of aourcaa contacted ^ 
Fill not bl aet out in tti« comnlcBUTO 
tained in tnatant file, 

One copy of thia letter being furniahed Raw 
Tork» Fhich la office of origin on TVAWi^ 

In vien of the above Inforaatlon, no further 
Inveatigation appeara warwnted at thia tiae; therefor , 
thia aatter la being BOC’d. ^ 









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...... • I 

(100-160644)(IHFO) (ffiC- 6^^^ C 


(100-160644)(IHFO) ^ 































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NR 0I€ PH PLAIN 
lllCPW NITEL P-iA-71 


TO DIREGTOJ^ ATTN t tOWlBTEL 
PITT^RGH 

FROM MILADELPHIA (100-5SS83) 


anti-war march and demonstration, HARRISBURG, PA., SEPIEMBERL 
EIGHT DASH FOURTEENTH, SEVEHTY^NE, SPONSORED BY PENNSYLVANIA 
'AnvTV^m UTTFRAWS aQAINSI-THE J<AR,> VIDEM, IS - NEW LEFT 


RE PHILADELPHIA TaETYPE TO THE BUREAU DA TED JIBE T|iIRTK^^^^^ 
NINE FOURTEEN SEVENTY -ORE,fl||^IH^P CAPITAL 


CAPITAL V. 


POLICE DEPARTMENT, HARRISBURG, PA., ADVISED THAT |fN CAMPBEU, 
>HILAlii^|A':4#^"^^ RO«i^A^_,^TSBUR^^C 

P|s;^yAjiiA VVAW^, were allowed INTERVIEWS o 

SESSIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PENNSYLVANIA . ^ 

LEGiaATURE * .. . . - ,16 SEP 

HOUSE SPEAKER. K.. LEROY jd 


END PAGE 


















Mr. Conrsd 
Mr. Datb'y'_ 


IR012 FK PI^H 

«52W« Him 9-1S-7I Stni 2-M*7I 


Mr. Ponder, 

Mr. Rosea .1 

Mr. Tavel._ 
Mr. Walter*. 


TO OWrtCTOR ATTHi tJOMIITEL 


fROH PHILADELPHIA (5SSeS) 


WTIjWAR JARCH AWD^EHOHSmTlOW • HARRI SBUR6 * PA • p H 
SEPTEfffiER EIGHT - FOORTEEH HEXT^P_pllSpRED_BJL.PEf»?Sn.VAAI 
^rTMiH VETERARS AQAIHST THEWAL. VIDEM . IS - lEH LEFT* 


RE PH TEL TO BOREAO DATED ilRE TWELVE SEVERTYORE. U 

- .1- ^ 


fH|[|||P|m|||P nPiTAL POLICE DEPARTRERT 

»RRISBUH6, PA*, ADVISED OR RIRE THIRTEEN SEVEHTYORE THAT ^ 

FIFTEEN WEHBERS OF THE WAV WERE HET IN THE STATE CAPITAL AT 

PA., BY VARIOUS ST^TE LEGISLATORS FOR CONFERENCES J 

^'*7 1 
ORS. JOHN feiRCH, ORE OF THE LEADERS OF THE ’ 

WAW, IS PRESENTLY IN CONFERENCE WITH SOHE OF THE LEGISLATORS, 

and will CONTINUE IN CONFERENCE THROUGH TOWRROW , NOON AT W^BICH 

RK-6 4 4v OQ Uj 


WRRIS8UR6 














No LHM is being submitted in connection with 
captioned matter in view of the lack of organized WAW 
activity in Hawaii. In investigation of the activities 
of the HPCPJ, Honolulu will be alert for the emergence 
of VVAW as a possible member organization, and will 
promptly advise the Bureau and New York if such infor- 
mation be developed. 

’ As indicated above, the HPCPJ, a coalition of 
various -anti-war groups in Hawaii, which is also active 
in local social issues, staged a 7-day "peace' march 
around the Island of Oahu from 7/31/71 to 8/6/71 
comraetnorating the anniversary of the atomic bombing of 
Hiroshima, Japan. \ » 












iSTIG^rON 


SEPTEnBER 


ADVISED 


VBtWlSUW 


r” n^HMH 


S'-’'' i-;'rtf;wv;-i 


.. w^. 

























LHM TO FOLLOW 














VIETHAK VETEiAKS AGAINST 
THE WAR (WAV/) ACTIVITY, 
CAIRO, ILLINOIS, 

WEEKEND OF OCTOBER 3, 1971 



has furnished reliable information 
in the advised that on October 2, 1971, members 

of the Kansas City VVAW are tp travel to St. Louis, 

Missouri with food stuffs, medical supplies, and oper 
items enroute to Cairo, Illinois, the items being for 
the black community in Cairo. I j 

The Kansas City WAW is to meet with the St. Louis 
WAW in St. Louis on October 2, 1971, continuing the trip 
to Cairo by caravan. The caravan is to be led by black 
representatives •from Cairo, Illinois, and after arriving 
in Cairo, some type of activity is to take place with 
the blaclcs participating 




C-HOUP ' 

Exclud3d frba axitocatlc 
dowp-nsi'adinc: and 
declassification 


W^^wument ccr.tcir.s r.sither fecommsr;dations nor corn 
ff is the property of the FBI, oni is e lean to yotff ofleney; 
ore oot lo.be distr^.uted outside .your oaeney- _• 

' -o V) 


jENCLOSDRE- 











KANSAS CITY 




AT KANSAS CITY. MlSSOUai 


Will iollov above activities and report any 
additional information. I . 













KC 100-New 


ADMINISTRATIVE INFQRMAMT DATA 


under development 









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BS 100-42739 


A RELIABLE SOURCE ADVISED OM SEPTEMBER TWESTY SEVENTYONE 


THAT BETWEEN FIFTY AND SEVENHFIVE INDIVIDUALS REPORTEDLY 


REPRESENTING WAW DEMONSTRATED PEACEFULLY TODAY AT PLYMOUTH 


SUPERIOR COURT, CARRYING PLACARDS BEARING ON AFOREMENTIONED 


ISSUES 


THEY DID NOT INTERFERE WITH THE NORMAL BUSINESS OF THE 


COURT, and SUBSEQUENTLY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE SAME 
TOPICS, XK 


THERE WERE 




WAW IS AN ANTI WAR ORGANIZATION ORGANIZED IN SIXTYSEVEN 


AND HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, ITS PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE 


IS TO DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF FIGHTING AND THE 


WITHDRAWAL OF ALL AMERICAN TROOPS FROM INDOCHINA 


WAW 




HAS PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL DEMONSTRATIONS INCLUDING .A MASSIVE 
DEMONSTRATION IN WASHINGTON , D X . APRiC' NINETEEN THROUGH ' 


TrfENTYTKREE, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE 


















r^ssorandun to Jlr. 2. S. Killer 
RS : ANTIVyj^ DZKONSTRATIOKS 
fall, 1971 


/A\-/ ^^ashington sponsored 


hich 


cbi"on:?frations tlicrc will be 


derronstra- 
i.ril'c; and 
c.'; throu/'h* 


., A 


Sroups -- 

Bureau v;ith ut-£o-d»te ^n^o-wa-i-Xr, 

activity lt*-.-Tii concerning tneir plar.-ed 

V— . ■ 

agLclas^rn tS'Sty. ^ ca^cnstrations affect Federal 

cover these'deLeStSsr'T' "" developed- to 

S!™s»AAs."2VS4JWf:;.ss^^^^ 

noised oil fit °P®^ations is being specif icall 

Kderal vioUtioos ^ 

-■i..hI;A i. IO?-j ; 

Kechenlcal^^tl^ 






Mr. 

Mr. relt-^ 
Mr. SnlUruLi.^ 
MrAMiiiS^ 

' Mr.Br«B»«CI 
Mr. CftlUltW- 

Mr. CMP«rX 
Mr. Conrad— 
k Mr.Dalberi^ 

^ Mr. G«I«^ 

Mr. 

H 'Mrt#£^m 

Mr.W.1^ 
>Ir. 6 o;ai«- 

^■1 Tde- B*xm- 

Miss HoliMS 


FEDERAL BUREAU OF MVESTlGATiON 

kCOMMUNlCATIONS SICTlOli 




OOHESTIC HtTELLlfiEICE 
m PHIUDEUfHIH CIM-58S8S) 


rJMit ^ 

TEBBER EieKT DUSK fOURTEEi ■EXTl EPOiSORED BY PEMSYLVAfl 
AfiAllST THE bar; VIDEH. IS- HER tETT# 


ETNAH VETERAIS 


^PPR;XIHAmY SXXTY^IVE HEWERS 9F vww v ^Sl 

THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL# MaRRISBOM# fA» VARIOUS HEMBERS 
RnTERATED THE FOLLOtflRfl REASOHS BEHIW TMEIR HARCH OR g§mj 

mRRISBORei THE STATE OF PEMSYLBAilA IS STILL IR THE VAR# 
tSEHPLOYRERT AHORG PA. VETS IS DOUBLE THE RATIORAL tATE# g ^ 
a BILL 8EREFITS ARE OROSSLY IRSOFFICICRT FOR VETS •'SEEDS# Z g 
TMEIR VOORDED BROTHERS ARE BEI^HXSTREATED IR HILITART 

v.». Hospmw , m MVERI^ 5^ 

THOUSARDS BF'W^^ ***® nr" ^ 

BROTHERS OR ACTIVE DUTY *RE STILL BEIRS HARASSED EVERY DAY «|g SEP 1( 
BPOR COHPLETIOR OF THESE 8TATEHERTS ALL IROIVIOUALS 

«a6efolu harcked to city islato were they V^ 

THE iIskTVwTM'1^PMMi^FjCITt'jotHOWW|7^<^^^^ft^®|^^ 

: : POLieEVHEQtHERTALmlf 





mt TWO 

ntoH mw WILL mxt mtaor'inc dasm nmm im witm 
wtious STATE eovEitflfciT omcisu TO oisem rmt atortiT 

•NtiimAnwE 

SE M TB, SBPICNUII HIE LAST • 

TIE special AinT WHO OBSEIWCD THE AStEMH.T At TIB 
mm WWW CAPITOL aid tie OAKI TO eXTT tmAfO IS VECIAL 


MEIt 




PEflSTLWAtlA STATS POLICE AlO lAmSSCM* PA« POUCE 
MEICZCS M COOSIXAIT • 

PR&AULPRIA WILL POLLOUOSaT Alt ISPOIT OEW&OPVn 
TO THE 


TO THE M>E^,» 

PH VASR 








iRet 9 >a cm 
M rn 91/m 

TO DIRECTOR 


♦•lt .7 


' f£D£iWl etittAU OF irC.lSTKAliOM 
C 6 MMtiSiyap.NS SECTION 


RTTR DOMESTIC IRTCLLIOERCE 


SECTIC 

W^wxl^^ 



ntOHiPRILADELnilA ttf0*9SS88) ^ITECTO^ 


AITI-VAR MARCH ARD DEMMSTRATIOR • MARRISDURO, PA*« SEPTEMBER 
GGHT DASH FOURTEN ICXTt SPOBSORED-BY-P£MSYLVABi PvIETRAWJ 
«TERARS AGAINST 'TREV^ VIDEH« IS - SEV LEFT* « 


j Mr. Tt lson 

I Mr. Felt 
I Mr. Siilllv an ^ 

- Mr. M-:hr 

f Mr.F5re':Tiai!CD 
Mr.-C-.rr.‘-:an_ 
r<— 


- ; M?. Gi’e 


•■:r- 

Mr, We’ten^ 
Mr. ?..:-ars-___ 
Tele. Be>n m -- 

Miss Holmei 

Miss Gand;.^ 




IISTAIT OATE^A SPECIAL AGENT OF THE FBI OBSERVED THE 
COMBINED ALLENTOWN 4ETRLCHEH-PHlLADaPNIA WAV MARCHERS 
DEPARTING PENN SQUARE* READING* PA*» AT nGHT AH««R0UP 
totaled FOURTEEN MARCHERS IN ARMY FATIGUES ACCOMPANIED BY 
TWO VARS* ORE BEARING A PICTURE OF AN AMERICAN FLAG DRAPED 
COFFIN ON ITS SIDE AND AN AMERICAN FLAG ATTACHED TO THE BEAR* 

OFFICERV 


S 


PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE* TROOP L* READIH* PA»» ADVISED 
distant date that marchers will proceed OH PENNSYLVANIA HIGHVAT 
FOUR TWO TWO TO MEYERSTOVR* PA** WERE THAT 91LI CAMP OH THE 

AD^SED THAT OH THE EVENING 


EVENING OP INSTANT DATE* 


OF SEPTEMBER NINE LAST THE COttINED GROUPS CAMPED ON THE LAWN 
GP THE FRIENDS MEETING ROUSE *JIEADING* PA* TWO DINNERS MERC 


GIVEN FOR THE MARCHERS * ON^ 
at the DNITARIAN-aHIVERALlI 


p PRIE 
CHURCH 


nds^hktirg rouse mho one 

« an ANH mAR PdROM DAS 


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IPPROXIIIATELY rim SEVEi IfERE II ATTEMDAXCE *10 SfEIEERS 
BICLIDEt) ritn. S« FITCHER, COORMMTOR* LEHIQH VRLEET 
CHAPTER WAI* VICTOR YARIEU* IttYOR, READIIOI^PA •# ATTORIEY 
Wl C 0 . 6ERST , ISo REPORTEDLY lECEITLY, ATTEIDED PARIS PEACE 

talks, johi h. sveerey, forher poi, babylor, b.y. bo 

WRESTS OR IRCIOERTS OCCURRED AT READIRB, PA. Vjy 

A SPECIAL AGEIT OF TIE FBI OBSERVED SEVERAL IIDIVIDOALS 
D1STRIB0TIR6 LEAFLETS OR STREET CORKERS IR RARR1SB0R6 , PA • 


THIS bate, leaflets ARROUICED RAUY called, -^PERATIOR 
REYSTORE, YETERARS IRVAStOR OF RARRISBDRB*, SCHEDULED FOR 
ORE TRIRTY PI, SEPTEWER TRELVE REXT OR PERRSYLVARIA 


OPITOL STEPS, SCHEDULED SPEAKERS IRCLODE lEIL PC UOOHLIR, 
-HARRISBORR EIOIT*; lUlAIHAD KERYATTA, PiaADELPHIA HEAD 
OF THE RATIORAL BLACK ECOROHIC DEVELOPIERT CORFERERCE, 
JORATHOR BIRCH, COORDIRATOR, PHaAPELPHIA WAR ARP BL 
HfflBARP, RAH ORAL SECRETAR Y WAR . Vj\ (ft 

HARRISBURG , PA., POLICE PEPARTHERT, ADVISED IRSTART BATE 
THAT A PERHIT TO CAHP AT CITY laE FROH SEPWWER ELEVEB 
TO SEPTEHBER THIRTEER REXT HAS OBTAIREP BY PAUL S, FICHTER, 
HD PARE TRO 




PA6E TKKEE 




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rORTHCK HDVISCT T*AT WAV raOiSTRATORS ARC SOFRLYIM ^2^ 


THEIR ORi HEALTH OFFICER IR THE FERSOI OF MCTO 



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THE OFCCIAL A6CIT VHO OBSERVED HARCHERS DEPART tCADlBB » 



PA* VA$ 6A 

THE SPECIAL A8EIT~ WO OBSERVED THE DISTRIBUTIOI OF LEAELHS 




at MARRlSBOROf PA* WAS SA 

PEIHSYLVAHIA STATE POLICE AHD RARRXS8DR6 , PA » FOLICE 
ABERCICS are COBRIZAtT« 

HI A6EHCICS AID SECRET SERVICE BEIRG ADVISED. PHILA- 
DELPHIA HILL TOLLOH CLOSELY AHD REPORT DEVELOPHERTS TO THE 


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In Reply, Pleat* R^tr to 
FiUNo. 


UNlitD STATES DEPARTMENT OF JU&*fICE 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
September 8, 1971 


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MARCH AND RALLY OP THE BUCKS COUNTY 
CHAPTER OP THE VIETNAM VETERANS 
AGAINST THE WAR, (WAW) 

SEPTEMBER ^1-6, 1971 

A source, who has furnished reliable Information 
In the past, advised on September 3, 1971 that the Vietnam 
Veterans Against the War (WAW) will march from Bristol 
Township, Ta., to Washington 's Crossing State Park, Pa., 
from September 4, 1971 to September 6, 1971. Participants 
have been Instructed to congregate at Silver Lake, Bristol 
Township, at 8 j 00 a.m, September 4, 1971# and will march to 
Warrington, Pa., where they will camp overnight at the 
Buxmont Unitarian Church. On September 5, 1971# they will 
march to Lahaska, Pa., via Doylestown, and camp overnight 
on a farm. On September 6, 1971# group will march to 
Washington's Crossing State Park, via New Hope, Pa., to 
arrive there at twelve o'clock noon, where a rally will be 
held. Source advised application for permit to rally was 
refused by the Park Commission. Participants are being 
instructed to wear fatigues and Invited to participate In 
a later march to Harrisburg, Pa.-\ . 




On September 1971, <. 

Washington's ^.ossing Park c orom^ sTonT^iihRg^^scrossnig / , 

Pa . , advlsedclia^as appr«gach€d by U?^. 

who Identified themselves a^nempers^f the Bucks, County 
Chapter of _ t he, Vietnam Veterans A^alhsfThe Vfar, and presented^ 
an applIcatlon~f or 'a permit to rally at the park on labor Day, 
September 6, 1971. Initial application was not approved. 


This document contains neither recommendations nor 
conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the 
FBI and is loaned to your agency: it and Its 
contents are not to be distributed outside your 
agency. 







MARCH AND RALLY OF THE BUCKS COUNTY 
CHAPTER OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS 
AGAINST THE WAR, (WAW) 

SEPTEMBER ^-6. 1971 


On the basis of a recoimoendatlon issued through State 
Governmental channels, a second application was approved 
and the group will be all owed to c ongregate at the Moore 


Pavilion inside the park.< 


'was advised the group 


would arrive at twelve o'clock noon and individuals 
identified only as a Gol^^ar Mother and a disabled 
veteran will speak, ^^mpwas assured the assembly would 
be peaceful and orderT^^rhe number of participants 
expected is^unknown. 

At approximately 8:3® a.m. September iJ, 1971» 
Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
observed twenty-five white males, aged twenty to twenty-five, 
wearing green army fatigues, some carrying toy rifles 
accompanied by six white females aged twenty to twenty-five, 
wearing green army fatigues, members of captioned 
organization congregated at Silver Lake, Bristol Township, 

Pa. Group was observed' to leave Bristol and proceeded to 
Langhorne, Pa., where- they assembled on a parking lot of a 
small shopping mall'.' Group travelled in two trucks and 
three automobiles'; While at the shopping mall, the group 
staged what appeared to be unrehearsed mock gun battle .among 
themselves. The group then proceeded to Newtown, Pa., where 
they stopped and assembled on the outskirts of town. 

Another mock battle followed and they departed Newtown and 
proceeded to Feastervtlle, Pa. 

The group then proceeded west on Route 132 to 
Johnsvllle Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, Pa.,, 
where they again stagedamock battle. 


No Incidents or arrests occurred. 




On September 5» 1971, Special Agents of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation observed the following: 

At approximately 9;00 a.m., the previously 
described group departed on foot from Warrington, Pa. 

• campsite on Route 611. Group arrived at Doylestown, Pa., 
at approximately twelve noon where they were joined by 
twenty other demonstrators. Group left Doylestown in vehicles 
previously described and staged am:>ck combat scene at the Shrine 
of Czestochowa, Doylestown. No incidents and no arrests 
occurred . \ \ 


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MARCH AMD RALLY OF THE BUCKS COUNTY 
CHAPTER OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS 
AGAINST THE WAR, (WAW) 

SEPTEMBER 4-6, 1971 

The ^oup then proceeded via trucks:.and 
automobiles to Center City, Doylestown. Thereafter 
group proceeded in orderly fashion on foot to a campsite 
at Lahaska, Pa. 

On September 6, 1971# Special Agents of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation observed the demonstrators 
depart Lahaska, Pa., and proceed on foot via Route 202, to 
New Hope, Pa, Demonstrators thereafter proceeded to 
Washington Crossing State Park where a rally was held from 
1:00 p.m. to'^3:00 p.m. Kie rally consisted of several 
speakers from within the group and a Gold Star Mother. The 
demonstrators totaled about sixty with approximately sixty 
spectators from the park campers. No arrests or Incidents 
occurred. Upon termination of the rally, the demonstrators 
cleaned the area of the park where the rally was held and 
departed In an orderly fashion. ; 


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BA 100-27909 

The enclosed IHM is class^Gc^^^onf^lentlal- 
Group I” because data furnished could 

reasoMbly result in his identificatio^aEa thus have an 
adverse effect upon the national defense interests of the t 
United States and thereby inpair his future effectiveness. 






Baltinore files contain insufficient information 



Investigation has disclosed that efforts have 
been made by KINQ^ HEIGAIi^ and^^ABBAGCA to set up a ; ^ — 

Baltimore Branch of the WAW> but so far these efforts have 
been unsuccessful and at the present time there is no chapter 
of the WAV operating In Baltimore. In view of thls^ 
Baltimore is closing its case concerning the WAV^ but will 
closely follow activities through established sources and 
should a chapter of the WAW be formed in Baltimore > the 
Baltimore Division will immediately reopen this natter 
and advise the Bureau. 



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CONFe^yiL 


UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 




In R^y, Pitott R^tr lo 

FiteN«^ 100-27909 


'coiiirin^i’Tt^ 


Baltimore > Maryland 
September 17> 1971 


ALI' OOKTAIHED 

HEFS'i: ' v'"' ^'^riFIEli 

EXCEPT uV-'/J. SHOWS ^ 
0 IHEEWI»* 


RE: VIETNAM VETERANS^il^INST 
THE MAR (WAW) 


CLASSIFIED •W.aTM 
txTFfjDFD Br^im 
.... Fcr. EmNSio 

» Ci.,1, «lf 

I . . . LF REVIEVI\0R 
Ot.CLASSIFJCATIOVA.7 




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The September 7* 1971 issue of "The Evening Sun," a’' 
a Baltimore, Maryland newspaper, contained an article by Sa 
PatrlckX<5ilbert on page C-24, titled "Anti-Var Veterans 
Active." ^his article stated in substance that a "Baltimore 
Branch of the National Servicemen's Organisation", Vietnam 
Veterans Against the War," was formed only a little over 
a month ago by Jerry King and James Heigal. The two 
servicemen, using information supplied from a WAW chapter 
In'^iew Haven, Joined forcee with a loosely organised, ^ * 

unofficial veterans group in Baltimore. LL S 

1 Robert Barranca is described in the article as gv 

"cm ex-serviceman of two years and one of the most active gv 
members of the group." Barracca is quoted as stating, R\ 

"We have two primary objectives and one is to make people mS 

remember us - Remember that we are combat veterans who oppose 
a war because we have been there and we know*. The other 
is to be involved In their communities." For these reasons, gg 
[Barracca stated the Baltimore Branch of the WAV is located 
>in the South Baltimore community Center, a "converted 
>liuicheonette on the corner of East Cross and Riverside 
.^Streets that serves as the community center.” The article 
;:;'^de8cribe8 the cmnmunlty center as being located in a "poor- \\ 


(lower middle class working community. 


c. r' t'. 'S 
£C *-* »-i u 


£ i ^ ^ According to the article, Barracca and Heigal 

< n A scheduled a meeting for all veterans in the Baltimore area 

who were interested in the WAV. 'However, "By 10 p.m. 1 
• they were still the only ones there." T^s meeting was N 
scheduled for the evening of September 6, 1971. / 




‘‘THIS eOCUHIHT COHTtWt «nTN(l ireo««(«»*TiM, 

Not coHcivsioiig 01 *ME rv. t* IS im rtoniint 

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COMFPO^L ^ 

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BE: VIEIT^AM VETERANS AOAXKST 
THE WAR (WAW) 

Kn-'r3«Sic? s'.~^rr:T o""'3izatioii 

September 7> 1971> fi confidential 8ourc^*fL(/ 
whoihas provided reliable information in the past, 
adviaed that the members of the WAW in Baltimore are: 


k 



Robert R^^ffiarracca 
Jerrys^ 

Jame 







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u 


Source further advised that Jerry King is the 
leader of the WAW and that the location of the WAW 
headquarters is the South Baltimore Conmunity Center^ 
10i^9 RlversiTde Avenue, Baltimore* Maryland, l1^ 



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VENCERBMOS BRIGADE 


The Venceremos Brigade vas formed in 
June, 1969* by a coalition of New 
Left organizations to encourage American 
youth to travel to Cuba in defiance of a 
ban on travel to that country by the 
United States Department of State. The 
ostensible purpose of the travel »as 
to assist the Castro regime in the 
harvesting of sugar cane and other 
agricultural products and to give young 
Americans the experience of living in 
a revolutionary communist country. 







RE : VIETNAM ' VETERANS AGAINST 



EUGENE E. FLANAGAN 

aecond source advised on. 
^ptember 13* 19713 that iSugehe?! 
^EV vas recently convicted 

in Baltimore Criminal Court of 


'ais 


grbl 


: a. police captain in the 
usl^:^ anti-war demonstration 


In Baltimore during February > 1971* 

The second 80urce> on September 13> 1971> advised 
that he has been aware of th» efforts of King, Heigal and 
Barracca to form a Baltimore Branch of the WAV in Baltimore, 
and that as of that date these efforts had met with little 
success. ^ ‘ ’ ^ 


on September 15, 1971, a thiasaf€?m%htfal^^^ 
who has provided reliable information in the past, advised 
that attempts to form a local chapter of the WAV in Baltimore 
have been unsuccessful to date, and that the organizers 
have become discouraged, 


Confidential sources of the Baltimore Pivislon, 
who are familiar with various phases of the activities 
of the Communist Party (CP), CP front groups, and New 
Left activities in the Maryland area, were contacted 
during September, 1971, and were unable to furnish any 
additional information concerning efforts to eet up a 
Baltimore chapter of the WAV, ^ 






poMcini 


9/10/71 


mit the following in 
IRTEt 


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(Typti»pXM7iuaft»dtr^} 

AIRMAIL 


(Pn«tityt 


FROM: 


SUBJ: VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST -THE WAR 

> (VVAW) SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE 

ARCHER, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER i»-6, 1971 
IS-NEW LEFT CLASS. ^ ^ 

(00: NEW YORK) «ASO>!-:' •• L, 

Re GackseitVllle ^itels to the B^ureeu, dei 
9/5/71, and 9/6/71,\ K 


DIRECTOR, FBI (100-448092) 

ATTENTION: DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE DIVISION 

SAC, JACKSONVILLE (100-174$) (P) 


'llle .aitels to the Bureau, dated 9/4/71, 


Bureau 

S - Atlanta (Enc. S)Tlnlo) (RH) 
1 (1- 100-8910) (VVAW) 

- 100-YSA) 


Birminpam (100-6041) (Enc. 1)(RM) 
Cincinnati (100-VVAW) (Enc. 1) (Info) (RM) 
Detroit (100-VVAW) (Enc. 1) (Info) (RH) 

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JK 100-174S - 


for Informat 


It is left to the discretion of offices receiving 
a copy of instant communication and LHM to determine registered 
owners of license tags set forth in LHM in connection with 
any investigation each respective office may have regarding 
the VVAW. ^ V 







(By R«qu«st) 


y Rftquest) 


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lETNAH VETERANS AGAINST 
VVAW) SOUTHEASTERN REGIO 
RCHER, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBE 


E VAR 
L CONPEJ 
4-6, 




e shown on the " 
umentary type fi 
China has made . 
not expected to 
1, at which time 
ending will have 


Viet 
na , s 
advis 
Pound 
ed al 


1971 




ap^ppoxim 

farm for th 
roximatelv 


indlvldua 


advised ap ppoximate l 
including 


advised that there are a couple of 

d with WAV and 


I are 




n the n 


when tne conference Uiii NUNi dfdUJld 1:00 PM 


advised that tents are being set up in a semi-c^cT^^pea 
approximately two hundred feet from the speaker's platform 


As the youth organization of the SVP, the YSA 
serves as the main source of recruitment into that 
organization. The YSA is described in the masthead 
of i.ts official publication, "The Young Socialist 
Organizer," as "A multinational^ revolutionary 
socialist youth organization." 

The SVP has been designated pursuant to 
Executive Order 10450. 

^^^^m^^Padvlsed that the only activity on the 
night of September “3 , 1971, was the showirfg of the films on 
the "Vinter Soldier Investigation;" a film captioned. 























VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR 
(VVAW) SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL CONFE 
ARCHER, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 4-6, 19 


"Operation Raw," which is the Valley Forge mar ch and 
documentary propagandatyn^f^^^^RedChina.^jHHHj 
Unadvised this for about 

one and a' half hours. ' TheVf iltn , according toABHlH 


confe 


n setting up the program 


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VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR 
(VVAH) SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE 
ARCHER, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 4-6, 1971 


P«opl« at the conference are usinR only their first 
names and there are representatives from New York, New Jersey, 
Alabama, Georgia, particularly the Valdosta, Georgia area. 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tampa, Florida, and groups are expected 
from Deerfield Beach and St. Augustine, ,fFlorida.\ . 












VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR 
(VVAW) SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE, 












VETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR 
(WAN) SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE 
ARCHER, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 4-6, 1971 


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^|||||■■[|■■^advi8«d that the afternoon session 
on Septembei^^iTTlstarted at approximately 1:00.-.PM. 

A representative from the "Hew Party" named Bob f rQm..j <_ianri 
Florida was the main speaker. There were severa l’. o th e’-;^?!" 
r^^; 4 aentati_yes^rom the Ne w Party distributing ■l’it'e’^a''^ure 

were the 

New Part^speaker . rebortedlv traveled to the conference 



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Camil brlefly^fspok'e' dOOut“hi"s 
members of Congress and their response, 
leaflets containing their remarks.'^j,^ 

meVt'i'h'g - w'i^'T^'fii-'vl'r a 1 
Camil passed out 


advised 


the conference 


timates one hundred to one hundred 
twenty five in attendance w 

— 

dvised oi 


New Part' 


at' 






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VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR 
(VVAW) SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE 
ARCHER, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 4-6, 1971 


.1 i i 1 J, lu_ 


appeared to be tryingtorecruit support of VVAW and all of 
the "New £eft advised the New Party appears to 
be trying to divide the existing forces in the Republican 
and Democratic Parties and hope to run their own candidates 
at all levels in city^ county and state elections. Kuntz 
made mention that only ten percent of the registered voters, 
particularly in Miami, have been turning out for certain 
elections and the New Party will be able to rely on the 
young people’s vote primarily the newly registered eighteen 
to twenty year old voters to fill this void of "apathy voters 
in order to get New Party candidates elected. \ K 

, Kuntz, in answering questions put to him by^Hjj^^ 
stated the New Party feels changes can be mad^b^^* 
working within the existing system. Kuntz stated the New 
Party supports "worker control of production" and that the 
New Party is "anti-capitalist. ’'.^y 

advised' an unknown member of VVAW spoke 
about the^^^uation in Cairo, Illinois, and stated he was 
trying to get members of VVAW from around, the country to come 
to Cairo and give a week of their time to work with the 
people in Cairo, apparently meaning to help organize the 
blacks In Cairo. \ / / 

A-.V-- 

advised the afternoon session on Sunday, 
September plans for the 

"fall offensive" t^^^empha^^on the November 6, 1971 
anti-war activities /"s 





•V 0*1 September 5, 1971 

/xOl iver'^ from the National Office < 
■ th^GairOi Illinois situation 


as the person speaking 








VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR 
(VVAW) SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE 
ARCHER, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 4-6, 1971 


advised that Camil 


tambar 
H Sout 
arding 
day af 
ce . ho 




adv 
othi 
tarn Region 
"Fall offa 
oon sassi 
r, ayaryo 
National 
ranee. H 
ties , pri 
a showing 
■ ■ Na 


d on 

happanad at 
Confaranca . 
va" original 
Saptambar 5 
pt waiting f 
Ca to arr 
f the aft 
y a swimm 
ilms on a 
rsev to V 


appears that YSA is going to help organize 
and that it also appears YSA plans to infiltrate VV^ 
to try to capitalize.v^n._^yAHAs^*^past-“show7^of-’8tren'gttr^^^ 


forthcoming 
S.tuie nt:a>ur.o,r 


advised there nay also be a split 
W .similar to the apli^t.- occurring»i-hfei 
















VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR 
(VVAW) SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE, 

ARCHER, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 4-6, 1971 [jCl ih tUl-lTl IML 


split into three or four factions; some will be ultra 
left; some a little^more conservative; some will possibly 
lean to the SUP and the largest faction may go toward 
the New Party politics 

SDS was founded during June, 1962, at 
Port Huron, Michigan, and in the 1960’s functioned 
as the leading New Left campus-based student 
organization in the United States. From a 
stance of "participatory democracy," the SDS 
, moved to a radical-revolutionary position. 

It maintained a national office at 1608 West 
Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois, until 
February, 1970. Internal factionalism during 
1969 produced three main factions: Weatherman, 
Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM), and Worker 
Student Alliance (USA). The Weatherman and RYM 
no longer consider themselves associated with 
the SDS. The USA faction continues to use the 
name SDS. ' \ 


Weatherman, formerly a faction of SDS, 
controlled the SDS national office from June, 
1969, until its closing in February, 1970. 
Weatherman then entered an underground status 
and adopted a tactic of "strategic sabotage," 
with police and military installations designated 
as primary targets, 

A characterization of RYM is attached to the 
Appendix Section of this memorandum^ y 


WSA, a faction of SDS, was expelled from SDS 
in June, 1969, by the then dominant Weatherman 
faction, but continued to use the name SDS and 
opened an office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

WSA aligned ideologically with the Progressive 
Labor Party (PLP) and, in February, 1971, moved 
to Chicago, Illinois, where it opened the SDS 
National Office at 1225 South Wabash Street. ^ 

The PLP was founded in 1962 by individuals 
expelled from the Communist Party, USA, for 


VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR 
(VVAW) SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL CONFEREKCE 
ARCHER, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 4-6, 1971 


following the Chinos* communiat line. Its .. 
objective is the establishment of a militant 
working-class movement based on Marxism- 
Leninism and Mao Tse-tung thought.'\^^ 

^HPPH^^^a^dvised WAV does not appear to be ' 
completely^^^^Tantbut has te ndencies l eaning toward 
militancy. VVAW, according does not see 

how the changes VVAW j^re lookin^^R^^^^^^ome about within 
the present svs 


advised there were only approximately 
dividuals at the conference site on 
ptember S, 1971, and most of these indi 
ht and some are planning an all day swi 
ber 6, 1971. after which thev will dena 


that 












nvjne 


jtiM Vctt^jns Ag«iirif.t -ttic War.,' Ifw. 


iionviaicicc. 


As vetcrajis of tlK: noist violent war in history', v>e. have an uncler- 
Etanding of what violence ireanB. VJe Ivave cc»Rra.tted that violence, in • 
Vietnam cai a gi'^ffid scale. Bat v^vit weny of us don't undsrstcind is the 
concept of non-violence. ^ ^ v-v^/ 


point out tjic contradictic»is inherent using violence to obtain 
peaceful goals. 


We Ts’ent to V’ashington to she.-; the . Aroricon people that the Vietnam 
VJar is totally vnrong, V?e Ivid to do it v/ith nonviolent action or we 
would have missed Lhci point entirely. Our guerilla ■fl^atre actic>ns;:'^ii5:'5,’i;5:«’»tfi 
portTfti'sd violence. Cur v; 2 r erdr-os* testimony described the violence • ' ' 

w corranittad oji the past. And our very presence in Wasliingtai forced 
people to relate to the violence in Vietnam. 

• 

If a confrontation had occuii"ed during our stay, wo had to insure 
that it wes deal' to every'one — the press, the puJ^lic, tlie ^venmsnt— 
that any violent acts were initiated by oti'ers thaii ourselves. We were 
there to educate the people of America. .l-Je were thei'e to sha-; tliem that 
we want peace and not another war. 





Since we Jeno.-.’ so little about nonviolence, and since .v« are not • 
trained in it, vje must always be creative with our energies. V’e must 
maintain a sense of hunsor ac well as a sense of ur'gency and dstermina- . 
tion. VJe rmist control oursol’/es end sho,' the- people of iJiis nation and 
of the v.’orld tlrat wo Jiav«i had it witii Uie war— a3.1 wars. Hiat the need' 
less dying. in Indochiirfj Kust .cea:»e ilK-A /ind in order. to do it I'Je imist'^^ 
live iti '''M'te have ' to be free.' '/cxi tlvot fr=!et3oin includes frccd^ fbain - 
the role v.-o w-ci'c trained for— tlx‘ ix>le of violence. 


.’oriU 


reac€: and lovcV and Monvlolent /wtioh 








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FEDERAL BOEEAO OP INVESTIGATION 

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On Septeaber 2* 1971, ■■■■■■ll 
♦At Mth Streoti^tb FKxfiFf’lloa Yo^Cit; 

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Background 4ueatlonMira» 

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w"york'/^s"^« 

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List oi WAY EoglOfial Coordlnaiopa, dated 
9 jftuguat _ 

Xerox copies of the above-aentloned docuaents 
are attached to this letterhead aeaorandua.Nj^ 


This docuaent contains neither recoaaendatlons.r: 
nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property 
of the FBI snd is loaned to your agency; it and 
its contents are not to be distributed outside 
your agency. 





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ADMIKISTRATIVE DATE* 


RE PHILADELPHIA TEL BUREAU AND PITTSBURGH SEPT. SEVEN SEVENTYONE . #? 
PSP AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALONG MARCH GROUP ARE COGNIZANT. - 
MI AGENC1ES,AND SECRET SERVICE BEING ADVISED. PHILADELPHIA WILL 
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GROUP has received PERMISSION TO SPEND NIGHT AT FRIENDS nEETINbMUU. 
GROUP WILL LEAVE READING SEPT. TEH SEVENTYONE AT APPROXIBATELY EEVE' 
AM AND WILL MEET PHIkTAOELPHIA GROUP AT PENN SQUARE, READING, PA. 
COMBINED GROUP WILL PROCEED WEST ON PENN STREET TO WEST READING , PA 
FROM WEST READING COMBINED GROUP WILL PROCEED ON ROUTE FOUR TWO TWO 

WEST TO LEBANON, PA. ^ 

SUPRA , ALSO ADVISED HE HAD DETERMINED 

ALLENTOWN ^ETHLEHEM-PHILADELPHIA GROUP WILL SPEND 


SVENTYONE ON PROPERTY OF 









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.^H^imi^^mPSTATED SCHEDULE CALLS FOR PKILA- 
DELPHIA GROUP TO JOIN ALLERTOWK -BETHLEHEM, PA., VVAW GROUP' AT 
READING, PA., ON SEPT. NINE SEVENTYOKE. NO INFO RECEIVED AS TO. - 
WHERE PHILADELPHIA ^ROUP WILL SPEND NIGHT IN READING WITH EXCEPTION 
THAT REPORTEDLY THE SITE WILL BE SOMEWHERE EAST OF READING, CITY 0 
READING HAS DENIED PERMISSION FOR PHILADELPHIA GROUP TO CAMP AT 
PENNDORA PARK. Vi 




ADVISED ON SEPT. EIGHT SEVENTYONE 

LEHIGH VALLEY CHAPTER OF WAV, ALLENTOWN -BETHLEHEM , PA_., FURNISHED 
FOLLOWING SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES FOR LEHIGH VALLEY GROUP :\Jv . 

LEHIGH valley WAV GROUP CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY TWENTY ■ 
PERSONS WILL LEAVE ALLENTOWN EARLY MORNING SEPT. NINE SEVENTYONE." 

PA., ARRIVIN6*AT 


GROUP WILL march VIA ROUTE TWO TWO TWO TO READING , 

APPROXIMATELY FIVE PM SEPT . NINE , SEyENTYONE . GROUP WILL SPEND NIGHT 

... , '•** -**18^ *.‘ ' • ”* 't'"' 'A''"' 

INSIDE FRIENDS MEETING HOUS ,’ONE ZERO EIGHT NORTH SIX STREET, 

NOTED HE MAS CONFIRMED THAT LEHIGH VALLEY 




READING . PA 


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T^/DI^ECTOR ATTK : DOMIKTEL 

FROM PHILADELPHIA (100-53333) (P) 4P 




Mr. TftfgftTi 

Mr. Fplt 

Mr. Sullili an . — 

'■ Mr. Mc>hr___ 

! Mr. Bifhoo._jtf 
Mt.Brer''!arOT!( 
Mr. CallahMuJ 
Mr. C««p»r / 
Mr. Coorad-ZL. 

Mr. Halhpv 

Mr. Gale 

Mr. Ponder__ 
Mr. Bosen___ 

Mr. Tavel 

Mr. Walters-^ 

Mr. Scyars 

Tele. BooTn . 
Miss Holmes.^ 
Mias Gandy-.:.!.. 




MTI-MAP march AHD DEMQWSTRATIOK - HftRRI SSUPf^ , Pp . . c roTcwQfo^ 
EIGHT-FOURTEEN NEXT; SPONSORED BY PEKNSYLVANIa‘^ETKA'- VETERA! 


AGAINST THE I’ftJ 


/IDEM. IS -NEW LEFT. 


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TROOP L, READING, PA., ADVISED OR NIKE EIGHT SEVENTYONE, VVAW 
GROUP CONSISTING OF FIVE MALES AND ONE FEMALE DEPARTED PHILA., ^ 
PA., EARLY MORNING THIS SAME DATE. GROUP PROCEEDED TO , . 

FOTTSTOVK, PA., AREA VIA ROUTE FOUR TWENTYTWO WITH FOUR MEMBERS^^H 
MARCHING at DIFFERENT INTERVALS; HOWEVER, MOST OF THE TIME GRCU^^^ 
.RODE IK TRUCK. MARCH WAS PEACEFUL AND NO REPORTED INCIDENTS IN 
ROUTE. THE ONLY REPORTED ACTIVITY ALONG ROUTE WAS AT APPROX. ONE 
, FIFTEEN P.K., WHEN GROUP PUT OK MOCK ^fii’ERILLA. WARGARE" NEAR THE INTE 


REC-66 A /• - o 

SECTION AT RT. THREE SIXTYTHREE AND RT . FOUR TWENTYTHl^T ^ A": 

FAIR*VIEW VILLAGE, PA -VgR^ REPORTEDLY WILL SPEND -CJ^^NIGHT 4*1^ ^ 

FOTT^OWt^jAR^M - EQ^j^^OKATAWNY 
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CCIVOT IN SUPPCaT OP • 

BLACS USITED FRCKT BOYCOTT, 

CAiaO, ILLINOIS, JULY-AUGUST 1971 
SPCJSOaED BY VIEIKAU YETERAliS 
AGAI1^ST THE WAR* . 


rnt of coiliecti^d Cair.b^ 

ipt will be.ja&de. to turn overJ& 
ibu^ps'ribr'^^ipiaeD't. to Cairo^H 


Tllioois. HOffoYer^an atti 

lil«:"to" locMirt^l; 


doubts avpfesent ' tbsCt the ^qavoy- oill»leave as plannei 
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ADj-JINISTRaTI VE : RE CINCINNATT TPi''p»vi»t- 

i,i«lihnaTI teletype* AUGUST THIRTY 

/ONE, LAST. : 

THE confidential SOURCE IS 





UNITED SEEVICE/o?,aJD UCAL LAW ENEORCE- 

MEWT AGENCIES, DAYTON, ADVISED, ' ,i ; 

CINCINNATI FOLLOWING, 









.SOLDIER’S MONUMENT IN RIVERVIEW PARK AT ELEVEN THIRTY AM, PROCEED 
'INS EAST ON THIRD., STREET, THROUGH DOWNTOWN, DAYTON, OHIO^ CONTINU 
1(B ONTO SPRINGFIELD STREET TO EASTWOOD PARK. THE VETERANS,- ■ ; 
DRESSED IN FATIGUES, WILL CARRY A tTOODEN COFFIN DRAPED WITH AN 
AMERICAN FLAG TO MOURN THE VIETNAMESE AND AMERICANS DEAD, BOTH 
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN, WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE WARV^ 

AT Eastwood park the marchers will join a rally, scheduled 

FOR THREE THIRTY PM, SPONSORED BY THE ENTIRE PROTEST COALITION, 
SPEAKERS at THE RALLY WILL INCLUDE REPRESENTAHVES OF ^HE ClfeV-? 
WTIAND^ SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 

WOMEN’S LIBERATION MOVEMENT 


CONTINGENTS, A REPRESENTATIVE OF TH®^ 
A STUDENT, A VETERAN AGAINST THE WAR^ 
AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, ALSO A' ' 
MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD FOR GEORGE JACKSON, THE SOL'EDAD 
BROTHER KILLED IN SAN QUENTIN PRISON ON AUGUST TWENTY ONE, LAST, 
following THE RALLY, THE PARTICIPANTS WILL JOIN THE CROWD ATr 
WPAFB, WHERE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE KNOWN THEIR OP^SltldN TO? 
NIXON’S. POLICIES.’-, V j V 






ftWRAl BWtMJ Of INWSl«»UONfv, y A 
COMMUNICATIONS SECTION W 


Mr. 


IR -0in CI PLAIN 
5:45 PM URGENT 9-1-71 
TO OIRECTOR 


CINCINNATI 3P 


Mr. 




Mr.rr.— n 
Mr. 

Mr. (>!-;'• f 
Mr. tonrnd- — 

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Mr, / 


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Mr. M’aJtcra 

-Mr. K>y.irs 

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OF TH^PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 


A CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE, IN A POSITION TO FURNISH RELI^LE^B 
ittFORtl-ATION, advised TODAY, THAT THE AD HOC COALITIOJCOF OHIO^I 
GROUPS SPONSORING THE DEMONSTRATION ON SEPTE^BER T&EE? NEXT, 
_A3AI_KST THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE ECONOMY, ANNOUI.'C^^Oli^ SPECIFIC 
R,AtJS FOR THE PROTEST TO BE HELD WHEN PRESIDENT lUSHS! COMES TO 
DAYTON, OHIO, TO DEDICATE THE NEW AIR FORCE MUSEUM W;fiGHT- 
PATTERSON Ap FORCE BASE <WPAFB), OHIO, ON THAT DATE, THE SLOGAIJ 

FOR the DEMONSTRAfriiN tWILL BE "STOP THE WAR, STOP UNEMPLOYMENT ,"* 

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STOP NIXON, 


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FRIDAY’S EVENTS WTL'iPbEGIN WITH A FIVE MILE MARCH THROliGHi/ 

r H-{ 8 1971 

DAYTON, OHIO, SP0N30RED|BY THE WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION A.lfDl 

THE VETERANS AGAINSElTHE WAR, THEY WILL LEAVE FROM THE 

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REPORTED TO BE BEHIND CAPTIONED HARCH 

administrative 

SOURCE 1 

INDICES NEW YORK NEGATIVE AS TO PAVB. 

INDIANAPOLIS W^L DISCREETLY DETERMINE DETAILS OF 
CAPTIONED MARCH« 

WFO WILL handle* 

END6QS0W2/-2/?A2/?A,/6,/6 ' ‘ 



PAGE Two 

SOURCE sated VIETNAM veterans AGAINST THE WAR(VVAW) 







VA DENY DID U RECEIVE-THE FOUR 1 JUST 


SENT GAGAGA 


DRL FBI WASH DC 


ACKS FOR NRS062,056,0S0»097 



pH Pn UKGENT 8-25- 


OWHU lO^Woi r.K?trfi«;rr 

COMMUN’ICAIKINS a 


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AUG 2 5 1971 
teletypI 


- ^ Ams DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE DIVISION 


VASNIN6T0N FIELD 
INDlANAPfillS 






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0.1110 PEOPLE’S march FOR PEACE, JUSTICE AND FREEDOM, 


SPONSORED BY PEOPLES ACTION FOR VISION WoR THE BLIND tPAVB) , , V | 
WASHINGTON, D,C. , AUGUST TWENTY SEVEN DASH TWElTTY^ElisHf, 

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SOURCES, WHO Has furnished reliable INFORMATION IN 
PAST, FURNISHED ON AUGUST TWENTY FIVE, INSTANT, A LEAFLET ' 

ANNOUNCING A BLIHD^ PEOPLES MARCH FOR PEACE, JUSTICE AND ■!'. 

FREEDOM TO TAKE PLACE AT LINCOLN MONUMENT, £DC, AUGUST TWENTY 
SEVEN TO TWENTY EIGHT, NEXT, AT TEN THIRTY AM. LEAFLET ' 

STATES, "THE VIETNAMESE WAR HAS BLINDED SIX HUNDRED TO WINE SS 

HUNDRED AMERTCAN VETS AND UNCOUNTED THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE ' 'IS 

PlOPLE. blind PEOPLE IN AMERICA NEED JOBS, TRAINING, AND' THEs/": i - y sfc^S 


■r' ■■■ ■■■■ '■ 
THE:,r*'^.-/..;. 


WWER to DETERMINE 'WHAI IS'Tl)EIR''wS>Mi'C'^^^:-/fii^^ 
leaflet indicates SPONSORING ORGANIZATION AS^ 


TWO TIFTON, INDlAiirAybLlS 


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. SEVEN) SIX THREE FOUR DASH ZERO. THOUSAND. ;s;': 

END PAGE ONE' ' . - . - 

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VIETN/:M VBTEnAnS AGAIIIST THE T?An - 
DB.:ONSTaATI01'J AT SPRING?! ELD, IIJLIKOIS 
11:00 A.M., AUGUST 18, 1971 DUIUKG VISIT 
OF •i-RESIPa.-T UIXOH AT SPRINGFIEID, ILUitOIS 

Tbe above individuals were held for the Secret 
Service at the Springfield, Illinois Police Departnent Jail 
until 2:35 P,K,, August IS, 1971, and released upon departure 
of President Nixon from Springfield, \_A 

Other individuals tentatively identified as being 
participants and members of the VVAW during the demonstration 
are as follows: 

(Phonetic), wET^c' inaleT* 


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Spri ngfield, 

^ Also, another white wale was i 

A handprinted flyer was observed in the vicinity 
of the Old State Capitol grounds which announced a denonstratio: 
scheduled at the Iillinois State Fair Grounds at 4:00 P.M,, v 
August IS, 1971. VA 

I 

Observation at the Illinois State Fair Grounds, 
Springfield, Illinois, revealed that the above demonstration 
failed to raateriaiize. 

At approximately 7:00 P.H., August 18, 1971, a group 
of approximately 40 individuals displaying VVAW and Chicago 
Peace Council (CFC) signs staged a guerilla theater critici: 2 ir.g 
the Vietnam War and the refusal of permission for them (WAV’) 
to approach President Kixon during his visit to Springfield, 
Illinois, \v 


Some of the individuals present at the guerilla 
theater at the Illinois State. Fair Grounds were the same as 
the individuals observed during the activities at the Old 
State Capitol grounds earlier in the day, 

There were no arrests during the activities of the 
group at the Illinois State Fair Grounds and the activities 
were peaceful and orderly, - V_/\ 

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UJ^IT ..D STATES DEPARTMENT OF Jl , 
FEDEnAlTBUREA^ OF INVEStVcaTION 


Sprins'flold, Illinois 
August 19, 1971 


VIETNAM VETEPJiNS AGAINST THE WAR .-V,- 
DELIONSTRATION AT SPHIKGPIEjUD, 
ILIJKOIS, 11:00 A.M., AUGUST 18, 1971 
DUKIKO VISIT OF P:ilSID)i\T NIXON AT 
SimiKGFIELD, ILLINOIS 


^ approximately 11:00 A.M., August 18, 1971, a 
group of 2^-30 in»lividuals associated with the Vietnam 
Veterans Against the Var (VVAK), St. louis, Missouri, staged 
a demonstration in opposition to the War in Vietnam at the 
Old State Capitol grounds in Springfield, Illinois, in 
connection with tbo visit of President Nixon. The demonstrators 
were confined to an area outside the Old State Capitol grounds^* 


At a nproxima tely 11 :30 A.M., August 18, 1971 , 

Nvas 

trying to^^^^the roped of f ^ca^^tho Old Stat^Cauitol /-jL 
grounds. MMBBi^ is desc ribed as •a":v/lli4tiefaB'a?l tyl^BB^MMifc 

residing Spring 

field, lTTTno!^TT^^^ 

' 3lf 

In addition, the following individv\als were arrested:^: 
during activities of the WAW; 







■- ■■.NOTE:--' ■• • 


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V V'^'- ! ■■ TW® conftrm tbft coarerafttiDn between 
GelUtfier of t he Department and Supervisor 

8/23/71, concerrtng r^e lpt of 

information J^^BI^|0iimim^coDeeming 
_ sommente thet he had been beaten 
officers of the Springfield Police Department when arrested 
while attempting to demonstrate against President Richard M. 
Nixon, 8/18/7V, at the Old State Capitol Grounds, Springfield. 

V|||^^anif^iree other individuals arrested by 
Springfield PouceDepartment as he and others attempted to 
forcibly enter Old State Capitol Grounds. '\^\ 






Miss Gallagher advised she did not desire any 
action to be taken in this m atter unt il a specific civil ri^ts 
complaint is received from VHVor other individuals Involved 
in this incident. 


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VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR 
(VVAW) SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL CONFE] 
ARCHER, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 4-6, 19' 


wrfni 


A copy of the above leaflet is attached to this 
Bteinoranduni . \ 

made available a leaflet captioned 
"November 6 Atlanta" .and advised that this leaflet was 
distributed at the conference by Frank Grinnon, supra. 

A c^py of this leaflet is attached to this 
memorandum.^ /. .. 


n September 7, 1971, 
has resided .at 


advised that 


advised that 


153! 


t is to be noted as mentioned herein 


r Of tTie^WAWA • , 


On SeDtember 7 


ers. of the local 


dvised 


Coordinator for VV 


^fte^Sjputheast' Regional 


The SMC is controlled by the SWP and its youth 
affiliate, YSA. SMC initiates and supports public 
demonstrations against the war in Southeast Asia. 





















Vir’^KAP VSTEnA^'^ /C-I] 
THE WAR 

icx 131-70 gaihesvilij:, fl 
PHOHE 004-378-0774 


On A'-'ril 19, 1971 ovrr 10' 0 Vietnam Veterans vre^frt" **-A 
t-'' Washington to speak to ou^* conrre smen enS asV; them 
why they w'^uld not. stop the iller‘''l, immoral unconscionable 
•war of Genocide tapainst the Vietnamese people. We went 
to inform them of the true mo'^ive of the' war?- that they 
are permitting to c ntinue in the^name. of,,,the. American^_^^,^ 
people. Since that time over 681 -of^Hur:^br_(:Jthfers';J.ha^ 
died, over 3685 of our brothers viere woundedtxthesefigures 
do not include our Vietnamese brothers and sisters. . . 


The following congressmen from the State'of Florida'^ 
are as responsible as if they pulled the trigger because 
they refused to end the war after they were informed of 
the true facts and motives of the war. This is what they 



told us 


Bob Sikes of Crestview told us they should 
tie our hands behind our backs, put anchors 
around our necks, take us 500 miles off the 
coast and throw us over. , 


James Haley, of Lee, LeSoto, Polk and Kanatee 
counties, upon beihg told that we were loosing^ 
about 500 men a week, killing out 500 Aslans a 
week and that this didn't count the men coming 
home with wounded nlnds and wounded bodies, end 
that it was all a waste re'^lied "Son, you •• 1 

have to learn to face reality." 

Lou Frey of Wjn*’er Perk, Orang**, Brevard, Csceloa 
counties sal'" hr wi^uld nrvrr sur>nort settin,*?: a 
drt-e to end the war and he supports Nixon 100^. 

J. Herbert Burke of Hollywood said he w-^uld never 
supi^ort stopping the funds for- the; 

Don Fugua^pf Alachua, Leon, Putnam,' (^adston/ v ^ 
counties said he would not Metbe president's* ^ 
hands. His assistant called us stupid- 
ass ' s and told . us to / et v ut .of the Gpddam.^ of f ice 

Biiawioung , of ; Pinellas^ county 

retunned from a^ 5 day tour in Vietn^i and"^ that- 

he" knew .^hat^was gciig on and 'we vtfr^.:liania K;'»>4 .'Ai 

would ■ leave the,;nall-:^^i- 

Paul Rogers of West Palm Beach said he voted 
against n Drccnil>er 31 deadline, because,, ''the 
pre.-ident has asked us not to bind his handsV 
Hp said he respectl'd our views but,, other 'people ' 
held different views.' 













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1972 Florid 


On September *», 1971, a Special Agent for the -;, 

Federal Bureau of Investigation observed the following 
liciitis^ nunb^i^s in th^ imiaediflitd dT*6d of Ar*ch^r> TXovii^ .*,■. 
and possibly connected with those 


this vehicle was a 


ilrdn^ 


^■l^residence at 
nesyille ,. .Florinda 


























Wi51if>fn Chpppell Jr of St Jrhns, Seminole, 
anrt Mari'^n counties said t^henever he needed 


inf-rmation on the war he went across the river sw. 
to '•hr Pentagon, they'd tell him Pll;.he needed 
to know" he also suggested that we jetjh^cuts 


. . Vietnamese government doesn't represent thei--: 

people, and thrt elections in Vietnam are 
•, -...rirged, he replied“the American. Government 

represent the people and 'Nixon really 

•. ■■ ■ >^®ni i;h 'i960 but Kennedy had it fixed, so what's 

the difference their government, and ours" . 1 
He also said "I doubt that you ere Veterans 
and if you ore you have been doped bv the Communist 

/ ■ , ;r^; 

These ere the people who voted against stopping the *•" 
v/ar, these people are directi^ responsible for the •- 

rurder of our brothers and sisters in Vietnam. These 
people must not be permittedto hold a position of 
I ' we continue to keep these kind of people in office 
f.'e praising their efforts to continue the murder of 
aid we thanking them for letting our brothers be sent 
uiwillingly to their death and their destruction. 

Nixon i*Jho entered the Presidency as a Peace 
ii responsible for ♦he deeth of 19,094 (J8n69 - HayVl 
ojr Brothers he is ner:jonally respons.'ble for 10?, 444 of 
our Brothers being wounded, he hos stated "I will not 

® This beast should 

-€ perm tted to hold the highest office in this nation, 
recause he is m^re concerned with his image then the 
lives of our Brothers and Sisters. 


WAW 









Everybody tcilIcs about the war 



Kixon talks about the war too. He says 
if only we give him a chance. He’s had his 
Continues - along with rising casualtv lists 
and dcn^estic inflation. 


le’ll ’’wind it dov;n/' 
ance, and the v;ar 
killing, destruction 


or.ething we can do about it: 


, Nov. 6, millions of Americans will take to the 
'1' nationv:ide series of demonstrations. The voice 
lajori.ty will be heard through these massive, peac 
3testc. Nixon cannot ignore us I 


In the Sout 
crcaninod by the 
in Atlanta oh' No 


a giant regional March and Rally is being 
ta Peace Action Coalition. It will be held,':$^ti^§p 
and will demand that we get OUT OF’ S .El' ASiA'NOWi% 


' the Atlanta March \«»ill be a joint VETs/GI * s peace acti 
composed of GI's and veterans, who will be coining, from, 
!-'So\5theasti“^?‘Tocethere.With‘: memb'^'el^of ' th’^yile^'^^yet*^^ 
v:ar and the Atlanta Peace' Action CqalitibhT’'the|vr^f'V^ft^ 
taff is v;drJ:ing hard, to mobilize the greatest number of 
fPH-ths Nov... 6 


are in the Kilitary 
everyone know that G 


ion COMTTNCENT IN ATIANTA 




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bi s 


VPT'^ < S ? 

V w i w* • • « 


MAHTEI) ! ! 


OJ e 

ike 

and 

the 

prea 

send 


i’i.u VP'iij/Gl 's p^.ce astioit CdiTIUGSST staff^neede I'OUB help in 
ding’ih.- Icrgest possible turnout Hov. 6. lie need more staff /fie'. 
Pn: to carry out action prof^sts in Atlanta and the Doutheast. 

Iso neod -.ronci/ to finance this work. If you can help out in exy 
- please send in the aoupon below immediately I 

In addition^ the staff is circulating the following I 

ndoisement for the Nov. 6 Action and CONTINGEN'I, We want to get\ 
greatest number of G1 and veteran endorsements The statement ' 
endorsements will he published in the underground press throughouy 
Goutheastt and - if enough money can be raised - in the oommercia't 
s as well. Please check the endorsement box in the coupon and 
it in right avqyf with whatever contribution you oar., afford! 


firs AND VETERAKS' ARE FED UP! 'Wc Mm OUT OF INDO-CiUNA mil 

U WE ARE JQ HAVE A JUST AMD HONORABLE PEACE/ IF WE ARE TO SAVE 
Gl AND VIETNAMESE LIVES. IF V/F. ARE TO STOP INFLATION AND IMPROVF 
CONDITICNS HERE IN A|-jERICA - WE CANNOT ALLOW THE WAR TO CONTINUE A 
! SINGLE DAY LONGER. r.E JOIN WITH MILLIONS O' Ai'.ERICANS IN CALLING ON 
PRESIDENT NIXON TO ST05> THE LIES AND ARING ALL TMF GT HOr^E NOw ! 

■ He endorse the peaceful/ legal Mational Peace Action Coalition ^ 

DEMONSTRATIONS TO BE HELD KATIOIWIDE OH SATURDAY/ NOV. 6. AND URGE 
ALL AMERICANS IN THE SOUTHEAST TO BACK US UP BY JOINING IN THE 
1 MASSIVE OUT NOW PROTEST IF! ATLAHT.'-.. 

I 

! V.'fe URGE ALL 61 'S AMD VETERAFLS TO PARTICIPATE WITH US IN THE 

i JOINT VETS/GI's PEACE ACTION CONTINGENT AT THE HEAD OF THE ATLANTA • 


MARCH , 


ALL OUT NOV. 61! 


-L-S_-/-« 3 -L.. s P..E.A..C_E act: 

P.O. BOX 77064, ATLANTA, GA. 30509 


V' 

P.O. BOX 77064, A1 
r-Y-vrl N<*m';?/3:Hn}; 

1? v7 

rW-!* ' Phone 

-'-v; 

1 1 S'^r.d nc more in'iormation 


C404) 876-1994 


Base (if GI) 
or School 


City 


State 


Organization 


n send me 


copies of this leaflet 


I endorse the Nov. G HPAC OUT NOW Demonstnations 

n my orgsiiiy.ation and the V“TS/GI’s peace 

' “^SIFTED 

i v/ant to help Jo staff/: ield to build the 

pp» irA|pruT]*l CLiisy/xss ^ 

in'.rj- jp A $ co:5T-antr;o.c^! . \- I" • ' v. /7 a - 


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REVOLUTIOHARY YOUTH MOVEMENT 


A source advised that the Revolutionary Youth 
Movement II (RYMII) faction of Students for a Democratic 
Society (SDS) held a national conference at Atlanta, 

Georgia, from November 2S to 30, 1969. At this conference 
it was decided to form a new organization. to be known as 
Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM), characterized as a 
mass anti-imperialist youth organization, said organization 
being proposed as separate and distinct in form and content 
from SDS. The ’’Principles of Unity" adopted by the 
conference included a struggle against white supremacy and 
male supremacy; fights against imperialism, anticommunism, 
facism and oppression of youth; and support of the right of 
self-deterlnination of all "oppressed nations," also support 
of the right of all "oppressed and exploited" peoples "to 
armed self-defense." It v/as agreed that RYM would not be a 
Marxist-Leninist organization; however, source said this 
vjas decided in order to indicate an organization broad enough 
in form to be acceptable to everyone. A temporary National 
Steering Committee (NSC) made up of eight females and two 
males was elected to govern RYM until national officers could 
be elected during the Spring of 1970. 

RYM publications have listed the RYM National Office 
(NO) at Post Office Box S*)21 and Post Office Box 77012 C, 
both Atlanta, Georgia, and a second source has advised that 
the NO has no office space but would probably be considered as 
located at Apartment 27, 1067 Alta Avenue, Northeast, 

Atlanta. ■ ' 

'•Sec^'^source advised that women dominated the 
founding conference and have continued to dominate NSC* 
meetings to the point that "women’s liberation" has apparently 
become the RYM’s principal issue - also that RYM's poor^ 
financial condition has resulted in its failure to publish 
a paper. During early 1970, RYM has decided to cat-?r to 
the v;orking class rather than youth, since the potential for 
social revolution lies in workers.'^, 

A jhird source has stated that it v?as decided at 
the March, 1970, WSC meeting that RYM women had decided the 
organization will be molded into a "working class, Marxist- 
Leninist, revolutionary, anti-imperialist, problack ^ 
nationalist, people’s women's liberation organization. ’’ \\ 



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PAGE THREE 


PHILADELPHIA MARCHERS ARRIVED. At BOSCOV’.S EAST DEPaRTMEKJ; , 
STORE PARKING LOT* READING PA** AND STAGED MOCK GUERILLA WARFARE 
DURING MOCK GURILLA WARF^r AJ^I -OEMOKSTSA.'nOfJ STAGED 

ONE UNKNOWN 'MALE . ,^RA^'kHOUSER WAS ATTIRED II? FULL MILITARY 

STEEL ARMY HELMET AND CARRYING 


UNIFORM WITH FIELD PACK 
AMERICAN FLAG. FRANKHOUS^., WORE A. SIGN, •SUPPORT THE V,'AR IN 
VIETNAM", AFTER MOCK COMBAT, PHILADELPHIA MARCHERS PROCEEDED 
iK SINGLE FILE. TO DOWNTOWN READING WITH FRA.NKHOgS.ER MARCHING 

NO arrests or incidents OCCURRED 

■reading! 


0?? OPPOSITE SIDE OF STREET 


tOFFl 


PA. POLICE DEPARTMENT, ADVISED INSTANT DATE THAT MARCHERS 
FLAK A FORUM A.T FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE INSTANT DATE, ON OF 


SCHEDULED SPEAKERS WILL BE 
valley CHAPTER OF VVAW . ^ 

END PAGE THREt^- -■* ' 


SUBJECT OHCAMI?.? 


OrnCHML TOMM NBk M 

MAVrtOfDfnOH 

«tA FPHm (41 cm) Mf*tM 


UNITED STATES G ERNMENT 

Memorandum 


DIRECTOR, FBI (100-4*18092) 


date: 


. 9/22/71 


FROM 


SAC, SALT LAKE CITY (100-11144) (RUC) 


SUBJECT: 




^VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR (VVAW) 

IS - NEW LEFT 
. (00: NY) 

" ReBulet to Albany and all other offices, dated 

8/3/71. 

A review of current information received from in- 
formants and sources in the Salt Lake City Division regarding 
New Left activities does not reveal any organization being 
currently active in ^he Salt Lake City Division which would 
appear to be affiliated with captioned organization. ' ; 

In the event such an organization is established in 
the Salt Lake City Division, pertinent information will be 
furnished to the Bureau and New York Division per referenced 
conuBunication. ; 


lO 


Bureau (REG.) 

1 - New York (100-160644)(REG.) 
1 - Salt Lake City 







EX-lOi 


RED 70 


ALnNFORA:ATi"-'"n'T.vriFn 


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da 


I OCT 


L 



Bay U.S. Savings Bonds 'SjgulaHy on th* Ft^oll Savings Flan 








P»R^2 AS PUIS’ V, , > 7 ;. 
6535PM URGE»T>^9/2l/71 


L?^ 


^«OttU ««£4y CP 

0-VS SfcnOiV 


^^r. Tolson,, ,._ 

Mr. F-n 

Mr. So!J5'*\« 


i >. /V' 


r05 . DI^TOR^; (100-448092) 

AWENTIONi, DID_ “ _ . 

FROM: ■■ ■ ALBUQUERQOE. CI00-3808) ‘ iP: 


VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR (WAV)* 




Mr. 

Teis. :. 
Misi .:• 
Miss t- . 


W LEFT 


j.r 


ARTICLE y^HICH APPEARED IN SEPTE^BER TWENTY LyST ISSUE OF 
ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ALBUQUERQUE, 

NEW MEXICO, SET FORTH THAT WAW MEMBERS HAD DISTRIBUTED ANTI- 
VIETNAM WAR LITERATURE AT MAIN ENTRANCE TO HEW ME XICO STATE 
FAIR GROUNDS MORNING SEPTEMaEg^NIMETEEM LAST. NOTED HEW MEXICO 


STATE FAIR CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS,. 

ARTICLEfVHICH APPEARED IN SEPTE^©ER TWENTYONE INSTANT 
ISSUE OF • NEW MEXICO LOBO" STUDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED AT 
CAJNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, SET FORTH THAT SENATOR FRED HARRIS 
(D-OKLA) WOULD MEET WITH VETERANS MORNING SEPTEMBER TWENTYTWO 


,NEXT AT VETERANS ADMINISTRATI0N|<VA) HOSPITAL, ALBUQUERQUE, 
ARTICLE- SET FORTH THAT SENATORIHARRIS WO^ DISCUSS VETERANS 
PROBLEMS AND WOULD ALSO ANSWER QUESTIONS WHEIT HIg 
END PAGE ONE 

. ... • a SEP241971 

' / .' ftaiioRMfJlWCpWlNED 




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iHtTVv jt^. lTT 


■ARIZO: 


ALSO ADVISED THAT 


END PA6ZHTV0 











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PAGE THREE 



•■^SE* VETERANS HOTsPITAUIZED at VAiHOSPITAU AlSUQUERQUErmRMQ^ 

ABOVE DESCRIBED DEMONSTRATION AT STATE FAIR SEPTEMBER NINETEEN - - ' 

Last but hospital was successful in preventing this*1^ 

VVAW IS ANTI-WAR ORGANIZATION-ORGANIZED IN NINETEEN SIXTY- 
SEVEN WHOSE PUBLISHED OBJECTIVE IS TO DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE 
cessation of FIGHTING AND THE WITHORAWALIDF ALL AMERICAN' 


y;. 
. ' 








TROOPS FROM INDOCHINA 


ABOVE INFORMATION FURNISHED ONE TWELFTH MID AND OSl 


ALBUOUEROUE, AND NISO, NEW ORLEANS* ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT 


ALSO COGNIZANT 


BUREAU WILL BE KEPT ADVISED OF PERTINENT DETAILS 













emsNw. pom NSi n 

MAT tm cDmeit 

«SA PFMa (41 cv*) let-M 


UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 

Memorandum 1 

cairsiniifit 

DOCTOR, FBI (100-448092) % 

</ \ 

^AC, SAH JUAN (100-7053) (RUG) 

VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR (WAW) 

IS - NEW LEPT ^fr-^^.- 

-•^ •• 

ReBulet to' Albany, 8/3/71. 


date:9/22/71 


For information of the Bureau ana Office of Origin,, 
no positive information regarding catpioned organization was 
obtained during contact with sources and informants of the 
San Juan Division. 

The following informants and sources of the San Juan 
Office were contacted: 


SOURCE 


CONTACTED ON 

8/26/71 

S/30/71 

8/31/71 

9/1/71 

9/2/71 

9/2/71 

9/9/71 

9/9/71 

9/13/71 

9/13/71 

9/15/71 

9/15/71 

9/15/71 

9/16/71 

9/16/71 ;> r.avv'. ■ 

8/16/71 & 9/17/71 
8/17/71 & 9/17A1 











Naval Investigative Service 
10th Naval District . 

San Juan, Puerto Rf rn 


Office 

9/15/71 


9/15/71 




r«,n2>5f. 











fEDOUL BUtEAU Of Otv:£rc^E'.ori 
COMMlMCATiONS SECTIO^ 


.SEP20J9? 


MR 0ISBS ClDE 


TOtDIRECTOT (ftTTNt.DID).: 100-448092 


MM YORK 100-180844 


BOSTOK 100-42739 


VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR <VVAW), IS - NEW LEF 


THE 20ST0N GLOBE, NEWSPAPER, BOSTON, MASS,, CARRIED A 


article in ITS SEPTCMBER TWENTY INSTANT EDITION REFLECTING 


CAPTIONED ORGANIZATION PLANNED DE..O?;STRATION THIS DATE AT 


PLYMOUTH, MASS., SUPERIOR COURT WHERE JAMES 


TV'ENTYTWO THAYER AVE., BROCKTON, MASS., WAS BEING ARRAIGNED RELATIVE 


TO HIS ARREST AUGUST TWELVE LAST BY BROCKTON, PD ON 


DRUG CHARGES. HANNON DESCRIBED AS FORMER SERVICE MAM WHO LOST 


BOTH LEGS AND WON FOUR PURPLE HEARTS DURING SERVICE IN VIETNAM 


JANUARY TO OCTOBER, NINETEEN SIXTYNINE 


THE ARTICLE QUOTED CHRISTOPHEJHREGORY , COORDINATOR AT 


WAW OFFICE, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., AS STATING PURPOSE OF DEMONSTRATION 


TO CALL ATTENTION TO DRUG PROBLEMS OF VETERANS ..AND 


RELATIONSHIP- BETWEEN DRUGS'’aND THE VIETNAM WA 


END PAGE ONE 


’2 SEP 27 




COriTAINEOi 

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^ m-\7i\A .. ...- 'f T 

Off SEPTEMBER EIGHT TO ELEVEN, SEVENTYONE. ^ - ' -. ^ 

- ON SEPTEMBER EIGHT, SEVpVi ONE 
^^^{, WHO%VE FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION TN THE_ PAST 
'®lKb'THAT LOCAL TRANSP AGENCIES IN PITTSBURGH 

rit&'NOt AS YET MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO .TRANSPORT. ANY GROUPS-^« 
TO HARRISBUE6 DURING THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER EIGHT THROUGH- -;,% 
FOURTEEN , SEVENTY ONE. ■\A ■ ■'■ 

OTHER SOURCES CONTACTED IN PITTSBURGH COULD FURNISH NO 
INFORMATION CONCERNING CAPTIONED MARCH 

THE above INFORMATION BEING FURNISHED TO USA AND 
SECRET SERVICE, PITTSBURGH, PA. Vjv 
PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE ADVISED 




ADMINISTRATIVE 

RE PHILADELPHIA TEL TO BUREAU SEPTEMBER SEVEN, LAST. 
PITTSBURGH SOURCES REFERRED TO IN THE TELETYPE AER 

« foll ows: 

M^ERflH^^BHBHjilHllllBililjl^.’.CONDUCTED^ BY,^ 

DID NOT identify kiMSELF , NO PRETEXT 


rIHlR®m®G:E 


PITTSBURGH, PA 


PITTSBURGH , PA 


END- page TWO 






,^E THREE 
P6 10P-17U4 


PITTSBUMH FOLLOWING. 




ft.WA 


WASHDC 






















THE MCFftO WftS ORGANIZED IN MEMPHIS IN LATE JANURARY, 
'sEVERTYONE. IY MEMBERS OF THE YOUNG WORKERS LIBERATION LEAGUE 
tfWLD.A CPIISA YOUTH ORGANmilON , PRIMARILY TO INCREASi THE 
MEMBERSHIP AMO INFLUENCE , OF THE YWLLIANO INCIDENTALLY TO : 


PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ANGELA DAVIS 


ON august EIGHT SEVENTYONE»^^g||g^|^^^^^f 

INTELLIGENCE BUREAU , MEMPHIS PD, ADVISED THAT THREE PERSONS WHO 

y 

PARHCIPATEO IN THE DEMONSTRATION HERE ARRESTED AFTER THEY LEFT 


THE AREA WHERE THE DEMONSTRATION WAS HELD ON A NARCOTICS CHARGE 
NO INCIDENTS OCCURRED AND NO ARRESTS WERE MADE AT THE TIME THE 


DEMONSTRATION WAS IN PROGRESS 


ADMINISTRATIVE* 


IS - YWLL: VIDEMj MEMPHIS FILE ONE ZERO ZERO DASH FIVE SEVEN 


ONE THREE 


RE MEMPHIS TEL TO BUREAU DATED AUGUST EIGHT, SEVENTYONE 


SERVICE 


SOURCE ONE I, 


LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES OF ARMED FORCES 
AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES COGNIZANT. NO LMM TO FOLU^tt^ 


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«a®««^»flBMt&s->^iTED STATES GCSkERNMENT 


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pMerhoranaum 

Ur. C. D. Brenn 


4'' 

1 - Mr.^W, C.: Sullivan / 
1 - Mr, C. D. Brennan / _ 

DATE: 8/13/71' 


ftVltiVBII 

Mohr ^ 


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ronretf . 
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m 


He has volunteere. 




ureau concerning the aqtiyllU^es of the Veterans Against'; 

K ) » V recognized student organization at OSU., 

bnsi^rdd VATT 'to be a dangerous group and’ was^ 
n pFoviding^information to. the Bureau on tllf^se^''. 


1,1^' 

ynfi 


ijjtoi^i^igp in providiDg^information to. the Bureau on tljose*^, 
^individuals and members cocunitted:^t6^.V.ipleDce or ‘who incite' 
pthers to violence./ Representatives of VAi7 at 03U have 
t^articipated in demonstrations on and off 03U campus and have > 
upported actions of other organizations including the Young 
ocialist Alliance (YSA) » and Student Mobilization Committee (aiC) 
he activities of VA^7 have attracted some student activists 
ncluding a former member of the White Panther Party and VAW . 

participated in anti-ROTC activities at p3U in May, 1971. U 

Background investigation conducted by the Cincinnati 
Office revealed no disqualifying information and Bureau files 
disclosed no Identifiable information c oncerning captioned 
ndividual other than a reference 


















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grou 


and 


gnce cannftf- 


imvj 


be authorized to designate^canJf Cincinnati Office 
JSSIIJJ'* with stifulalio^liilliyjljiSa^^ 

^J^^tlniate^ampus*^functlois"'*lnd^that*^h^“ has no Interest 
stands his cooperation with 4-i,I o ® also under- 

ho .opt on a conJL\^|iS\%%^3^\rrlctly voluntary 
nncO/JMENDATTnu. ^ 




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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 

Memorandum . 


FILE COPY 








FROM 


* Assistant Attorney General date: 

ClrURUEh** Division 

= ' Director, PBI^' «C,'' V 


pATE;^^ 




su^ECT: VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINCT* THE WAH - 

DEMONSTRATtONS AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, 

U:oo a.m. 8/18/71, DURING VISIT OF PRESIDENT NDCON 
AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
IS - NEW LEFT (TROPUS) 




Reference is made to 
(your file ) . 


memorandum dated 


igtot 

at 


There is enclosed one copy of toe-i»ep««vt>-o^^peei8<3. 
dated ^lfl/Tl_ 


A. I I This covers the preliminary investigation and 
no further action concerning a full investigation will taken^ti^^fs| 
by this Bureau unless the Department so directs. ' 


B. { I The investigation is continuing and you will 
be furnished copies of reports as they are received. 

C, [ " I The investigation requested by you has now 
been completed. Unless advised to the contrary no further in-' 
qulrles will be made by this Bureau. 

, . D. I I Pursuant to instructions Issued by' the, Depart- 

ment, no investigation will be conducted in this matter unless I, 
specifically directed by the Department, V - 




-.rW'r 




E. r^1 Please advise, whether you desire any further in- 
vestlgati on . : . a:-.;:": ' r* 


will be" advised of further developments, / 

. ; - G. jPOtl 'mEvis sfiJ&mitted for your information nwA 

further Investigation will be conducted unless speclflcallJlQ^'^^ECORDHp 
quested by the De^rtment. ., gg 2G 197^ 

r* I This covers the receipt of a ‘ complaint' 
further action will be taken by this Bureau unless the Departmen^^Uj^^ 
so directs, Cp. ^ t 

Enc. iftirnDM/iT..^?*]F*^®**AGETWO 

ito fiiywroRMATioN coNTflmFfi . : 


SEE NOTE PAGE TWO 


ifeit Sc^HMIMconmned 






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fa RepfytPUoM Stfertar. 
fU>iV«. 


UNIl^ STATES DEPARTMENT OF JU 


FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

UenphiSi Tennessee 
Septesber 22 « 1971 


VIBTKAU VETERANS AGAINST^THB WAR 
INTERNAL SBCURITT - NSW LEFT 


The touoff Workers Liberation. League 
(TWLL) is a front organization of the 
CoDBunlst party, USA (CFUSA), It vas 
forned as a llarxlst-Leniiiist youtb group 
in February, 1970, \^K 














VIKTHAM ygrBRAKS AGAINST 




Kentucle' 


6Z th 04 ,yyAW 


^byi^ Jdtin'Hu^ lan^^^PBo^in^^Rnn 

iXn ' julyi^ 1971. ' ^/ter . Mont It 























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advised that a meeting 


IS our 













rf 



vibtmam vetbrams against 


advised a meeting 

aid on July 22. 1971. 


a^ised that a meeting 
X 2100 Union Avenue, 















VlgTHAM TBTKRAMS^ AGAINST THK 
tt^was^nlV^lhtei^st^ . 


.a^^'l^:^;Sii^ni^f^^|w^l«A_4ing-,''ori^i'nl^'t‘5;otti“in 
B^eatfat And^tbat t^OXs^ouldibB'^eoncarMil wi‘ 

voleb" tlM ther«~-v6uM %<^vlblett' 

“>« Maaph^.^Argu Vj^ 

On August 25, 1971*(|Hi| 

August 6, 1971, Wilksr MootgoiSw^RI 
WAf sst up a tabls in front of tbs Student Oenter at Uenpbis 
State University where they obtained signatures on the peace 
treaty petition. \j^ 

On August 29, 1971, (^^I^Badvised that on 
August 7, 1971, walker UontgOBer^va^observed on Main Street 
in Uenpbis attempting to obtain signatures on a WAW sponsored 
peace treaty. \ . i •■■ ■ .-■• ■■ 

'Jblnt meeting of the T 
1971, at 1778 Bdwards, 

*-^£® 

114 «vl* 1 fl nW^ AsvAMt« a^' 4 A^w2r 


cWi 


Tbisr-^«^-wa-s?^dffa^-L-;;'. 

■sb^ia^teturn'to 

Intelligence Bureau, ^ 

that members of the WAW and TWLL were observed soliciting-}- ^ 

of a document entitled "A Joint l^reaty of Peace between the0-4^^ 
People of the United States, South Vietnam and North Vietna'm,^4 
This document indicted that this ^eaty mss sponsored by^'^ i-^:'^ 





VlBrHAM VBTBRAMS AGAINST THB WAR 


the Itemphis^Chiptw of the fvAW. The docueeat 'cohtelne V 
space for signatures snd Indicated that the treaty would > 
becone a public record and would be presented by the WAW 
to Congressntfin Dan Kuykendall and Senators Baker and Brocks 
when they visit Uempbls later in 1971. The treaty requested 
contributions of tine and money and asked that checks bo 
made payable to the WAV, Memphis Chapter. The treaty 
called for Americans to agree to immediate and total 
withdrawal from Vietnam and publicly to set the date by . 
which all United States military forces would be^emo^ed^^ 


^JseW^at: 


advised that members 



















"1fi» are here today to repudiate the l^esidentls 
ttir Policy ot Vletnanizatioa.^ We are here to repudiate'^ 
Congreasean Kuy^adall.' who bail euppwt^-VietiuiBizatlon 
since its concejIitibiiV. We are here tV <All VietnamiMtibn^ 
a lie and to call for-its abandoneent' lA^ faVor of 
Imeediate and total withdrawal of all support of hostilities?^-' 
in Indochina." Vjy 

The September 21, 1971, issue of the 'Tiger Rag*** 
a newspaper published at lienphis State University, contained 
an Article on page onh entitled TVAW to Call for Moratorium." 
According to this article, the Memphis Chapter of the WAW 
will call for a "moratorium" of classes at Memphis State 
University on October 13, 1971, in conjunction with a 
national moratorium on that date, te October 13, 1971, a 
rally is to be held in the vicinity of the Federal and 
State Buildings on Main Street, Memphis, to "set the date 
now" for the end of United States involvement in Indochina. 

The WAW will ask for the support of the Student Government 
Association at liempbls State University to help achieve 
maaimun student response to the moratorium. \ ' r 

This document contains neither recommendations nor 
conclusions of the fBI. It is the jnroperty of the FBI and 
la loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be 
distributed outside your agency. 

Vk 










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MenphiB, TeoaeBsee 
Septeaber 22, 1971 


JPIlaNa, 


TISTNAM VET8RAMS AGAINST THB WAR 


INTERNAL SBCURITY • NEW UCFT 


MdBoranduB prepared at Uempbis 
Tennessee, dated September 22, 
1971, and captioned as above 


All flonrcee (except any Hated belov) vhoee Identltlea 
are cooceeaed la referenced cotBaunleation have furolahed reliable 
infozoatlon la the past. 





















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Trp««f Mail 


0 Report . ;- . — 1— , , 

1 I Incoming letter . .. 

' *'\ ' .«t'**V.rf * * 

I — 1 Outgoing leUer -- "— ’ . ’ — - - 


QjJ Memorandum 
O Airtel 
□ Teletype ^ 
r~l Emsloauie (deecrihel 




.Dete ef Mail 




3A2ir 


r~l Laboratocy Work Sheet 
r~l Petaoaael Saewlty Queatioanaire <PSQ) 
I — I Loyalty Form 
I I Other (deaeribel 


Removed (er 
lifr. 



Removed by 






Reeaon for Reewvel 

I — I For copying <If for another agency, liat agency and date of re^uea|.> 


I — I To eendto 


I — I To attach to 
r~l For office nee 


toMotW ffie 
^r~~l Other <^>eeiiyi 






Dote of Removal 


jfT.Uys- 







































•■>WWWiW«^Ml ■■■ ' ■ / 1 • 

UNTTBI^ STATES Gk^ ERNMENT 

Memorandum: 

DIRECTOR, FBI (100-448092) 


date:. 


SAC, ALBUQUERQUE (100-3808) 

VIETNAM VETERANS AQ&IMST IBE WAR (WAW) 
IS - NEW LEFT 


V Remytel, 9/21/71. Jj^ ^ 

There are enclosed co the Bureau five copies of a ^v '• 
'letterfaead memorandum regarding a meeting held by Senator FRED^' 
HARRIS at Che Veterans, A&iniatratlon Hospital, Albuquerque, 

Itew Mexico, on 9/22/71. v 

^ Bureau KRM) 

Albuquerque 













■ , V . ..... V M 

^ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP JUSTICE'-t—;... ., 

;X^ .':■>■■ -'federal BUREAU OP INVESTICATIOi*?— //--V 


■■nm 




Albuquerque, N«w Mexico^ 
^ September 24, 1971 


'-r :.T*'- 


'^"f..’. .-V 




VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE VAR (WAV)'-"^ '■ ' 1'^ 


f < il.» Will JH‘4 




I . 


According to artlclea %rtiich appeared in the September 

22, 1971, issue of the "Albuquerque Tribune" and the September 

23, 1971, issue of the "Albuquerque Journal," daily newspapers 
published in Albuquerque, New Meidco, United States Senator FRED 
HARRIS held a meeting at the Veterans Administration (VA) Hospi* 
taX, Albuquerque, on the morning of Septaaber 22, 197l» The purpose 
of this meeting was to enable Senator HARRIS to evaluate condi* 

tiona at the VA Hospital, \ i 

^ ^5MBE!_0F_SUB sc. ^«r?a rTTar.-r.*, 


During the course of this meeting, LARRvROXTMAMN, a 
member of the foecutive Committee of the VietDan. Veterans Against 
the War (WAW), idjo is also serving as New Mexi co- A:ti 2 onm Co* 
ordlnator for the WAW, alleged that there was wide-spread discrimina*- 
tlon against Vietnam veterans 

On Septaaber 23, 1971 

dH^I^VA Hospital, Albuquerque, Niw Mexico,' adv 
meeting conducted by Senator HARRIS took place without Incident',. 










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IfVv:. On, June. 28, 1971, Daniel: .Ellsberg was indict'efer^'f#?^ 
by a Federal Grand Jury in Los Angeles, - .' 

California, chax^ng that within the approximate 
period September-Oetober, 1969, he had ..■'^■>''.r* 

unauthorized possession, access to and 
of certain documents and writings pertaining to ' : ■■ 

the Mational Defense which .were originally 
contained in' a number of volumes of Xeroxed copies 
of a study entitled -"United States - Vietnam 
Relations, 194S to ise?**, all but one of which were 
classified Top Secret; and did knowingly and 
unlawfully convert the above documents to his own 
use. Ellsb^g is currently free on a $50 ,000.00 ; . 

personal surety bond. ' 

This document contains nei^her”reeommendations nor 
conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and 
is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be 
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VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR (VVAW) 


The September 20» 1971, edition of "The Boston’ 
Globe", & daily and Sunday newspaper published in Boston, .v 
Massachusetts, carried an article reflecting that the Nev; ■ 
England chapter of the Vietnam Veterans Against The War 
(VVAW) will sponsor an open hearing on the topic "The 
Other Side of Vietnaraization" at Paneuil Hall, Boston,' 
October 7~9, 1971. \ t 


/ The hearing will include testimony from Vietnam 
veterans, government officials, and Southeast Asian 
civilian volunteers and scholars., , 


The VVAW hopes to prove that "the war is merely 
changing its form and that its toil continues to mount in 
Indochina and here at home."\ 


Scheduled to speak are Daniel Ellsberg, United 
States Representative Paul’ McCloskey, and United States 
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, among others. 

The four major areas of testimony will be aerial 
bombardment, development and use of "electric battlefields 
total impact of the war on the Indochinese people, and the 
px^blems of returning veterans. ^ 

The VVAW is an antiwar organization organized 
in 1967, and headquartered in New York, New York. 

Its published objective is "to demand an 
immediate cessation of fighting and the with- 
drawal of all American troops from Indochina. V 
VVAW has partici^ted in several de.mdnstratiohs'iy^^l 
, including a massive demonstration in Washington, 7.'. eiJ! 

.. D.C. during the period April 19-23, 1971. \ \ 7-.^ 














emoramurm 


SEAn;^ (100-30733) (?) 


subject: VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR (WAW) 
. IS - NEW LEPT^r. - : ... N 

•• OOi NEW yoWC•'■'''^^ 


Ra Bureau letter to Albany^ 6/3/71 


The WAW Qontinuea to have limited activity 
in' the State of Washington. Little new information has>H: 
been developed since a summary LHM was submitted by the 
Seattle Office on May 25, 1971, under the title Veterans 
Against the War, Seattle, Washington, a copy of which is 
enclosed for New Vork* \ i 


This matter is being followed. A six-months 
summary LHM will be submitted on or before November 25, 
1971, bringing the care up to date, UACB. 




Bureau (REG) 

New York (Enel. 2) (REG) 
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UNITED STATES, 


0*r £ DIBECTOR^, ror; (100-448092)- ’bOtiniOrriTii^ — daib;- 9/24/71 


3iC, MEV IttTiOr (100-21058) (P) 


ubject: VIET NAH TETERAHS AGAIHST THE WAR (WAW) 
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00: NEW YORK-^: ^ 


Re:^^^re«Q letter to Albany dated 8/3/71 captioned as above 

Encl^ed for the Bureab are 5 copies and for Nev York are 2 
copies of an LHU containing results of investigation of the 
VTAW in Connecticut. ( a 


.^cause of the information provided by^pHjlB it Is not 
nit that the local WAW organization is infiltrated, 
^dominated or controlled by any revolutionary groups or 
'other subversive elements. It also sould indicate that 
«9ACK^^^lVj^tJie^regipnai:r^^t^iiwtdri^or the WAW, is 
making every attempt to prevent any infiltration of such 

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knit group,. 

aad vbea it does attend rallies and demonstrations, ver; 
|es people aho are^actual members attend (J 


Approximately 20 to 25 members from the V7AV 
attended the April Id, i>?71, rally in Washington, D.C., 
sponsored by the WAV, , This sas far belov the estimated 
80 veterans that «ere expected to travel to Washington. 
JACK SMITH of the Ne« Raven Chapter of tlie WAV vas the 
national coordinator for the April 18>2v^ 1971 demon-.''; 
stratlon in Washington, D.C* U 

On April 5, 1971, JACK SMITH appeared at a dem- 
onstration at the, In^roal Revenue. Service,.. Bartford^l^^l 
ConnectietttT< He" ^de^hb' public statement' at' tii'is'tin^^ 

On March 24, 1971, six members of the Ceoaecticut Chapter 
of the WAV spoke at the University of Hacrtf ord . Their 
speeches consisted of vaj^atrocllie|^om|^tte^bi^mericjU 
soldiers Nam. 


On May 5, 1971, a rally sas bdfl on the New Haven 
Green, Nee Haven, Connecticut to speak atf against thev:%'^ 
Viet Nam War and at this time several.ind^i^als from the^^ 


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Ke^ Tork a^ t^; the yjAW woulA be hal^htitb^^^l^ 
^•^ M^act lvfty t^ie the ■ar^era vere in Cohaa eii'CT ^l'^^ 
by ^iranging plaoea to aii«i^^.1u||d‘^lbdglag^'t<^^^^aSH;'tc 


the local no indication i^^ 

intends to becone involved in acta of civil diaturbance 
or violence as evidenced by ita vithdratal from the demon 
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UNITED STATES M^RNMENT 

memoranaurm 


DIRBCIOB, FBI (100-448092) 


date: 9/27/71 


AaiNFORM.'VT!C?l: 


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sac, mus (100-2408 ) (rttc) 


subject; TESTKAM 7BTERAHS AGinrST TH* war (WWAl)-^ ■ : 

ZS - NSW'LSFT . 

BeBUlet to mil offices, 8/3/71^ 'Os - ' 

Znfonmtlon concerning T7AV hms been broogbt to 
the 'attention of all Agents of this office in order that 
logical infoxmants and soarees eonld be contacted to determine 
if any aetiTity of WAW has beeQ reported .\^ 

Contact with informants and with police department 
soarees in major cities of this division has developed no 
information to indicate VTAW activity. These negative 
contacts are recorded in Mobile file, 

If any information is snbseqoently received to 
indicate TVAT activity, discreet preliminary investigation 
will be made as instmcted. \ 

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Mem&fandum 


date: 9/29/71 


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Re Bureau letter to Albaity dated 8/3/71. \j\^ 

There has not been any WAV activity in Northern 
Virginia since April 19-23, 1971, when the Washington, D.C., 
Chapter of the WAW conducted demonstrations throughout the 
Washington area, including visits to Arlington Cemetery,, 

Ail Agents of the Alexandria Division have been 
alerted to the possible presence of the WAW and have beea. . 
requested to contact sources re same. No positive information 
has been developed to date; therefore, this matter is being 
RDC, 


: DIRECTOR, FBI (100-448092) 

[f fitoM :SACrALE3CANDRlA (100-690) (ROC) 

^subject^ETNAM veterans AGAINST THE WAR (WAW) 
^ IS - NEW LEFT - 

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP JUSTICE 

federal buread op inpestfcation ' 
Philadelphia* Pennsylvania 
Septeober 23* 1971 


“'•“"STMTIOII, 
BY’’SsTL»A;Tf*iTi 5 Z^* SpOltSOIiED 


Officer, P«nnsyiva3a^^^mi^^^MHi||||H||B 

headquarters, 1% West Broar^SHt *\^*»*i** 

y fro. Bethlehea to Reading Pa^ brS *" Planned to aaUc 
1^ Route 222 and ca^ ovenIfri»t it rLS^ J?*«*ylvani. 

to put OT guerriUa warfaS theatlM^Uf'n.^? intended 

ing of Septeaber 9, 1971. Th« ?v on the even* 

froa Reading to Lebanon then planned to aarch 

H22 on Septeaber 10, ishf ThS^BeSieh ^'""“yl'^ania Route 
he joined at Reading by the Philfd^iiJ? expected to 

plained to e«p it 

Septeaber Ig, 1971, Lebanon, Pa., on 

on ■^**e narch would contini 

Harrisburg, PafT with ttl i-i!?"®® leland Parkr 

hours of Septeaber 11, 1971 '*** evening 

bined groupV -aJcSi^i piii„«S 


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^ at the VYAW was in the 
o^'srep^sentSl^^^^^®-^®®*^®^-^*** *'*« act! 

la the property of the FBI and is Teeird^?n 
yon^ agency; it and its contents aiT^lt ^ 

• distributed outside your agency-i^.. 




AHTZ-WAR MARCH AND DEMONSTRATION* 

HARRISBURG, PA., 

SEPTEMBER 8 > 1>I, 1971, SPONSORED 
BY PENNSYLVANIA VIETNAM VETERANS 
AGAINST THE WAR <VVAW) 

Troop«^H^^^Badvia«d on Septeabor 7, 1971, 
that the schedule lo^rse WAN aareh and demonstration 
reflected that on September 8, 1971, a group of WAN 
marchers would leave Philadelphia, Pa., by way of Route 
422 through Reading, Pa., into Heirpisburg, Pa. A group 
of WAV marchers from Allentown - Bethlehem, Pa. , would 
leave on September 9, 1971, by way of Route 222 and join 
the other group in Reading, Pa. A third group would depart 
State College, Pa., by way of Route 322 destined for Harris- 
burg. The ultimate destination for all groups was Harris- 
burg, Pa., on September 11, 1971. The total number of par- 
ticipants estimated in the march and demonstration from 
Eastern Pennsylvania was 300 to 400 persons. \ t 

^^^^^^^Troopejfl|P|H|^advised that 

^^^WBpill|BB|[|| ^ffnIiadelPhla, Pa. ,fteiepnonev nuuSi^mP 
^HjpFwa^^pRsenting the {'niiaceiphia chapter of the^^Aw 
m^vas in charge of the Eastern Pennsylvania part of the 
march. The perswin^gs^j^^h^jeste^^ennsrtvania pa 
the march was 










stated he was not in possession oi aooitionax oexax'zs' re- . 
garding groups eoadng from Western Pennsylvania at that timdA 

i rt ’ 

m^l^^had been advised by the group that they 
planned t^Teginmarchiag each day at approximately 6 a.m. , 
and they intended to march until 4:30 to 5 p.m. , daily. The 
march would be conducted single file on the side of tiie road. 
Marchers would have emergency and medical vehicles in the 
rear of the march. Groups planned to march 20 miles per day 
with 10 minute breaks each hour and would eat lunch coi^letely 
off the road V Nightly camp s were to be set up at pre-arranged 
locations along the route « imi^^had been advised that camp—'-? 
sites were planned near Valle^tor^ or Norristown, Pa. Ad- 
ditional camps would be in Reading, Pa. , at the Friends Meeting 
House, 108 North Sixth Street, and Penndora Park. A campsite 
near Lebanon, Pa., would reportedly be a private cai^ ground,-, 
not further identified. y. 

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AMTI-VAK MARCH AMD DEMORSTRATIOK* 
HARRISBURG, PA. , 

SEPTEMBER 8 - 18, 1971,' SPOKSOREO 
BY PENMSTLTAMIA VIENTAK VETERANS 
AGAINST THE VAR (WAV) 


' 


further advised that the WAV schedule 
called fo^^u^^oups to an*ive at Harrisburg, Pa. , on 
Septeaber 11, 1971, at City Island Pax4e.' Denonstrations were 
scheduled froa Septeaber 11 • Septeaber 1%, 1971, with depart- 
ed of all participdhts on Septe^er 18, 1971. The groups 
were to have a banner at the head of the march titled "Vietnam 
Veterans Against the Var* and planned to provide their otm 
security force including walkie-talkies* 

that no violence was expected and 
representatives of the WAV were cooperating with the PSP re- 
garding the march and deaonstration pla ns, 

On Septeaber 8, 1971, Trooper iHHIiadvised that 
a delegation of WAV aeabers departed Philadelphia, Pa*, early 
that Boming. The group consisted of five isales and one 
female traveling in a large van-type truck. The group pro- 
ceeded to Pottstown, Pa«, by way ofRou^ 822 with four meabers 
aarching at different intervals. ^HlHl note^that most of 
the tine the entire group rode in tn^T^ek .prlhe march was 
peaceful and no reported incidents occurred en route. The 
only reported activity along the route was at approxinately 
1:1S p.m,, when the aarchers staged mock guerrilla warfare 
near tiie intersection of Route 363 and Route 822 in Fairview 
Village, Pa. The marchers expected to spend the niidi t in the / 
Pottstown area, possibly at Monatawny Park, ^^mjpadvised 
the schedule called for the Allentown - Be'Oilenel^l^egatiom 
to join the Philadelphia marchers at Reading, Pa,, on the 
following day* The caap ground for the Philadelphia group at. 
Reading, Pa,, was qnknown since permission was denied to ca^^ ■ 
at Penndora Park* ''«-A / _ 


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TroopexVHBBBliurther advised on Septeaber 8, 
1971, that 'tile WAV aarchers would be given a supper on tiia 




evening of Septeaber 9, 1971, at the Unitarian -'Universalist^:^.^ ^ 
Church, Reading, Pa,, by the Reading chapter of the Vomen's ■ 
International League for Peace and Freedom,\^ ^^< 2 . ^ 




Reading, Pa,, 


advise 









planned 

to proeol^^mi^nsovg, Pa^^TIxli expected arzdyal 5:30 p.a 
Sept«ab«p lly 1971. Tho groop plaanod to eai^ at Cit^ Island 
Park. A rally was scfasdalad for 1 p*a.» Sspten^r 12, 1971, 
at thtt pax4c. Scheduled speakers included NEIlireC LAUGHLXff. 
one of ei^t persons indicted by a Federal "Grand Juz^ on ' "* * 
April 3, 1971, for conspiracy to kidnap Presidential irayisor^ 
HENRY KISSINGER and blow up beating tunnels in. Hashii^OT, 

0. C.; MURAHMAD KENYATTA, bead of National Black Ecc^^ia .. 
Derelopaent Conference at Philadelphia. Pa.s and ALKHOiBARD.. 
National Secretary of WAV. Source'^ deteriiined .tKat' during 
Septeaber 13 - lb, 1971, tiie group plans to 'eiTOUlate in *aia 
halls of the Pennsylvania State Legislature ^urging 


















ANTI-WAK MARCH AMO DEMOHSTRATIOH.^ 
HARRISBUR6, PA« , 

SEPTEMBER 8 - li|, 1971, SPOHSORES 
BT PENNSYLVANIA VIETNAM VETERANS 
AGAINST THE MAR (WAN) 


Hous* BiU.S^S; Approxiaat«ly 608 deaonstr4tors were 
expected by the gro^ip fcr the Sep teller 12, 1971 rally. 1 . 

Tz9Qpepj|HHmi|H|k advised on Septeeber 10, 
1971, that the Fhiiaceiphia group of WAN arrived at Reading 
fro* Pottstown at 1 p«a., Septeeber 10, 1971. The Philadel- 
phia group consisted of 10 narchers and one van. Five WAV 
•archer* fro« Allentown arrived on t p.a., Septeeber 10, 1971 
in a truck. The Allentown group was scheduled to caep at the 
Friends Meeting House, Reading, Pa. The Philadelphia group 
was scheduled ^to caep at Unitarian - Universalist Church, 
Reading, Pa. \.A 

On Septeeber 10, 1971, a Special Agent of the FBI 
observed the coebined AlIento«m-Bethlehea-Philadelphia WAV 
narchers departing Penn Square, Reading, Pa., at 8 a.a. The 
group totaled It narchers in Ar^ fatigues accoapanied by 
two vane, one bearing a picture of an Anerican flag-draped 
coffin on its side and an Anerican flag attached to the rear. 


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^^op*x4||^|HHmi^B«vieed on Septe^er 10, 1971, 
that the narcdiers xnxencea ro proceed on Pennsylvania Hi^way : 
422 to Meyerstown, Pa., where th ey would caap on the evening . 
I^^of Septeaber 10, 1971. ^HB^advised that on the evening of. 
Septenber 9, 1971, the coablned groups camped on the lawn of,;.3‘.> 
The Friends Meeting House, Reading, Pa. Two dinners were given 
for the Btarehers , one at The Friend Meeting House and one at. 
the Unitarian - Universalist Church. An anti-war f^um was 
held from .8 to 10 f«b«, at The, Friends Meeting House.j; Approici 
' matelyS? 'people wsM in attendmce and speaker’' included- Pi 
r S. FIGHTER, Coordinator, Lehigh Valley chaptex^V AH,' VICTOR 
YARNELL, M^or, Reading, Pa., Attorney who re 

. ^pe^edly recently attended the I ih In rTinrTTmFgi snil JOHN M 
ysWEENET. former prisoner of war, Babylon, N. No aarzests 
. < ' or inciaents occurred at. Reading,, 

—/■“*" A Special Agent of the FBI observed severhl’^ ih4^.. 


dividuals distributing leaflets on street comeam In Haz^s^^^^^l 
burg. Pa., on Saptember 10,^. 1971.^.. The leaflets, ahhouneed ai ' 










eoapietibn of theso stotoiiimto all indiVidiialii^: 
peaeafullp aarchod to City Island Park where they camped forff 
the ni^t^with <ypreyal...<^^city ^ 

/: - Markers' wei«' greeted at ^Ity" Island' Park’'hyA--Slf:i|-l|- 
Harrisborg' mayor SWENSOX and Captain NOkHAV 6* BONNETILtEih^^f# 
head of Harrisburg PO, Cens^ity Relrtions pieisioni: ^ 


AMTI-VAit MARCH AND OEMOHSTRATION». 
HARRISBURG, Pi^./ 

SEPTEMBER 8 - lb, 1971, SPOMSOREO 
BT PENNSYLVANIA VIETNAM VETERANS 
AGAINST THE NAR (WAN) 


rally called "Operation Keystone, Veterans Invasion of 
Harrisburg", scheduled for 1:30 p.«m*, September 1971, 
on the Pennsylvania Capitol steps* The schedule speakers 
Ipeluded NEIL MC LAUGHLIN, "Harrisburg Eigh ^^^FBUHAMMAD 
^NYATTA* Philadelphia head of The NationaJTBlack Economies'' 
Development Conference, JONATHAN- BIRCH, Coordinator, Phlla^ 
delphia WAN, and AL HUBBARD. National Secretary, WAN. 


Offi'ddpT naffHSurg^TaT PD, advTsed^m September 10, 1971, • 
that a permit to eain at City Island from September ll* to 
September 13, 1971, was obtained by PAUL'.S^;^FICBTERy;:|||i|B| 
further advised that the WAN dem^istratonrwoul^saj^^^xne: 
own health officer in the person of 

On September 11, 1971, a Special Agent of the FBr 
observed approximately 6$ members of the WAN assembled on 
the steps of the capitol, Harrisburg, Pa» JOHN BIRCH and 
various members of the WAN reiterated the following reasons 
behind their march on Harrisburg: \\ 

The State of Pennsylvania is still in 
the war, unemployment among Pennsylvania 
vets is double the national rate, 61 bill 
benefits are grossly insufficient for vets*:;^ 
needs, their wounded brothers are being 
treated in military and.V»A* hospitals, 

Govexnment has turned its ba^ on thousands 
of veterans who became addicted to heroin >. 
in Vietnam, and their brothers on active duty-'- : ’7/ 







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Mrs* C* DELORES TUCISR* S«er«tar:f of tho Comon- 


Hayop SVEHSOV of Barrioborg 


W ^mm||||^H|Vatat«<l ^at these individuals and 
other mttSSv^c^xt^^TKi conferred for two days with Beabers 
of the Pennsylvania Legislature and departed on Septenber lb, 
1971, to return to their respective hones* Ho incidents 
occurred* x . 


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FennsylT^nla ie still in the WAR 

double the 

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on A««Te duty ,*111 being herp.sed erery day. . .; 


and V.A. hospitals S 


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Albuquerque* New Mexico 


John F. Kennedy International Airport 
New Yo^AjCityt New Yoi^><' ^ 

(by request) 




confidential soy^qg^f his^ office and 
who requested that^^Qi^denclcy be' e7 
reveals (by request) 


querque Police Departaent 
(by request) 





^^rans AdninisCi^tlon Hospital 
Albuquerque. New Mexico 
(by request) 







UNITED STATES DEP> 

FEDERAL BUBEAD 

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^ : 4^ i Albuquerque* New Mesdeb 
.• September 27* 


VIETNAM VEIEBANS AGAINST THE VAR (WAV) 
Also known as , « v 

Veterans Against the Vletn«aese War (VAW)* 
Veterans Against the War (VAW ) 

INTERNAL SECURITY - NEW LOT 


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On March 1* l97lJ^^H|| made available the attached 
leaflet which source obtain^^^^rebmary 24* 1971, at the 
Vletnsm Veterans Against the War (WAV) Office located In the 
Student Union Building (SUB), University of New Mexico (UNM), 
Albuquerque, New Mexicoi \ v 

















PROPOSALS AND Al^tS OF VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR 


»PENTMMt 




TO form an orcanizatioa la direct opposition to U.S» involvement 

in S.S« Asia«;>'.:. ■ •■' ■ ■ -; 


To have an organization capable of bringing forth the facts of 
the ontri^t crimes against humanity that soldiers in the Araed 
Forces were forced to perpetrate in the name of duty*- 


To oet up a node of expression for Vnited States veterans who 
are disenchanted with American forei^ and dpiieetle policies ' 

To provide a compensation for veterans that sere forced to conform 
to the immoral and Illegal t»r in. S*E« Asia 


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To cet up a united vOlce for those veterans in dissension with 
the existing veterans organizations that support American military 


To provide a coalition for veterans in this area with other national 
Anti-War organizations 


To provide a central facility capable of dealing with the immediato 
problems odconfronting veterans in the UNH area 


To provide an organization that is capable of using the power- 
that veterans have to protect and serve the rights granted by 
the G. !• Bill in regards to employment* racial discrimination 
police harassment* government assistanco etc* 


To provide an outlet for those veterans whose conscience can no 

longer allow them to remadd inert in the courses, of events that nay lead to a 

may lead to another world war* 






















On April 7, 197l»|| 
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fl:; A Southwestern office for the Vietnam Veterans Against the ov.; 
ii' Var has been recently organized . In the Albuquerque area* Larry^.-iH ' ; 

'( ■ RottinaDn»-a former Array officer who served in Vietnaroj|^^967- 
63»' and Ernie ai Forces. sergeaQ^fcav e , * v 

; set up an oft ice for the WAW In Corrales#--i->J‘#': 

The WAW is a mil t mi iT'iii'ii nil il 1 iin iliTTiTimn T\ 

New Yoi^ City in Junet.1967, ty Vietnam veterans who wereTcon-^, ;■ A:?;,,.' 
vlhced that the public had. not been told the truth about the-?^; --.Ivv 
war* These veterans believed that their personal experience^.>Ti^^; .... . A; 
and knowledge of the As.lan conflict {mjc them In a unique 
ition to Influence the full spectrum of American opinion on 
the issue* From the founding group of six New York vets* the 
organization has spread to every state* involving thousands 
of Vietnam veterans representing all branches of the service* 
various ranks » and all types of war zone duty. 

Members of WAW have relentlessly tried to t^l the Amer- 
ican public the way they know jx i^ in Indochina- -Aether it 
involves phoney body counts* war crimes* or secret military 
operations in "neutral" countries* There views have heen pub- 
lished in thet "New York times"* "St. Louis Post Dispatch"* 

"time"* "Newsweek"* and "Playboy" magazines* and in countless 
local ^blications* A WAW member was the Hrst American to 
reveal chat the tonkin Gulf incident was a fabrication* other 

members of the WAW have testified about the numerous "My. LaijiJ*s 4 { i;. ; 

large and small* both before and ^ter the My Lai 
came a public issue* Several members of WAW have written, ’'or* 
contributed to, books asid articles about the Indochina War* 
the organization has leafleCed and canvassed for refer- 
endums on the war* participated in veteran-sponsored rallies* 
initiated (along with other vet groups) the "Veterans Stars 
and Stripes for Peace" and "Vietnam Gl" newspapers, debated 
pro-war vets on national TV* sponsored its own Veterans Day .. 
rally in New York City, and published a "New York Times" ad-.- 
vertisement signed by WAW members ' . 

In the 1968 presidential campaign* over SOO m^bers of-^vv/ . • v 
.. ^the WAW.woricedlon, the. behalf of. Senator Eugene hfeCarthy^thiM^M^it^ 
eluding personal and group, lobbing ,wlto delegatesitq^^the 
cratlc National invention in Chicago* One WAW mOTber wasi ^ 

. In fact* elect^ a delegate, to the ^convention for.^.McCarthy,^{;^v^;.^^^^^^ 
j.^ilevhundi^Bdslof£other4vet8talded btherSantl^warlilcahdldate^^P^^*^^^ 

Mound th^'country^^ WAW ‘^speakers^ate ^ow'T^agl^^^ 

dialogue on the war in churches* communities, and colleges 
across the country, and are testifying befoiB. CongTOSslpnal^ 

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ai^zed and equipped as a U«S* An^ Infantry Cofnpany» oar^^^r 
nearly 100 miles from Morristown, New Jersey to Valley Forge, 
aj Pennsylvania' to demonstrate their opposition to the continuing 
^■^mllitjify pfesence^^ AslS. The vets, dressed In jungle; fatlgue^l^?: 
"^and carrj^ng toy M-16 rifles, conducted a series of slnujlated<a^|||y;: 
• combat assaults on towns and farms along the route* They also:* 3 
■ passed out leaflets and carried on dialogues with the Ipcal • 
dtlzenzy* vjv 

Aware thefc the war In Indochina Involves much more than 
actual fighting, WAV Is continuing to speak out on the Issues 
off free speech for Vietnam veterans and all GIs, treatment 
of wounded vets In VA hospitals, education and psychiatric pro- 
grams for wounded vets, the Defense Department refusal to make - - 
mailing lists of Vietnam vets available to anti-war groups, at-;? 
home and overseas racism and repression, a^d the order of 
national priorities throughout our society* \>\ 

' One recent WAVKproject was the sponsoring of the Winter;, 

" ' Soldier Investigation, a national Inquiry Into U.S'.'Wiur Crlmiai^^p^l 
policy In Indochina* Held on February let and 2nd (the 3rd ah* 
nlversary of the 1968 Vet Cong Tet Offensive) in Detroit, 

Che Investigation Included testimony by over 150 veterans of , 
the war, with substantiating evidence provided by ViecnOTese^>’3'^3^^^^^^ 
fromVlndsor, Ontario, Canada* vv > 

Another major project of the WAW Is the putting together 
of a book of writings by Indochina vets. Larry Rottmann, free- 
lance writer and author of, The 25th Infantry Division Jji Vietnam, 
Is editing the book for a major New York publishing company* The 
WAW feels that for far coo long, the veterans story has supposedly 
been told by politicians, "famous authors", and others who claim 
to speak on behalf of American GIs* The VVAW thinks that It Is ." •. 
time for the ordinary soldiers* voice to be heard. In his own 
book* 

Any veterans of the Indochina War who have letters , essays , 
poems, short stories or art woric for the WAW booki or who are 
Interest^ in joining or learning more about the organization 
should write to» 

Vietnam Veterans Against the War - V; . 

'P*0. Box 623 •■ 

i:;:3.:;si;^k,'&^^3;^;^--Corrale8 Mexico 

The WAW also has a speaker's bureau, which provides Indo-f 33 , 
chira veterans for speaking engag«nents with civic groups and : ' 3 .: 

^ service clubs* Any organization desiring a speaker should^l^^fe 










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yiEINAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR, INC 
: New Mexico Office 

P.d. Box 623 
Corrales, N.M. 87048 


OBJECTIVES OF VIETNAM. VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR, INC 


1, To demand ah Immediate cessation of fighting and the wi^i. 
drawal of all American troops from Indochina) we cannot allow 
one^ more human being^o die senselessly in Indo^ina, 

2« To demonstrate that our military tactics dehumanize 
soldiers and civilians, and to make clear the underlying 
governmental policies of the U,S. military and the Nixon 
administration in ptosecuting an unjust and immoral war 
in Indochina, 

3, To bring together a national coalition of veterans. Nat- 
ional Guard and reservists, and active-duty servicemen and, 
women for peace, so that the men and women with first-hand know-- 
ledge of the military and the Indochina War can effectlyely,i':!d.^-M,> 

4, To show that opposition to the var does not stem from cow- 
ardice or disloyalty) the best way to keep faith with our 
fighting men is to BRING THEM BACK ALIVE— NOW I 

5, To show that Americans allow their society to be pervaded 
by a racism which lets us view Aslans and our own minorities 
as less-than-human. This racism pushes our minorities through 
Inferior schools and into the combat arms. Thus, we send oiur- ' 
minorities off to die in disproportionately high numbers viille 

we kill Asians indiscriminately. We demand that the militarjg#^^: 
recognize its complicity in Amerlca*8 domestic and ihterha-^^*i^™ 
tional racism,; 

-w* : To demai^ immediate^incTOaseuin .VeterahSr Administ'ra^fiM®^^^ 
funis to correct Ithe’' deplorably lnhiiiiahe’’coi^ittbna tfiaC^^ 
vail in V.aT hospitals, and to facilitate the initiatibh 
rehabilitative programs responsive to the needs of all veterans 



7* >; To make clear that the U.S. has never undertaken an ex-^^|^' 
tehslvei ope^ investigation .of American war crimes In IndochlnA 
We demand that the U.S* government. In its war in Indochina, 
affirm the principles of Nuremberg. While we, as former GX's, 
recognize the responsibility of the individual soldier to re* 
frain from committing war crimes, we also recognize that ult- 
imate and primary responsibility and guilt of American war 
crimes lies with our policy-m^ers at all levels. 

8. To demand that all active-duty servicemen and women be af- 
forded the same ritghts that are guaranteed by the United States^ 
Constitution and Bill of Rights that are presently denied by / 
the Uniform Code of Military Justice. We are appalled that . 
servicemen and women are treated as less-than-flrst-class cit- 
Izens. V/e call for an immediate reform of the UCMJ. We endorse 
the efforts of the American Serviceman*s Union to win a Bill of) ^ 
Rights for servicemen. 

9, To support active-duty GI’s refusing orders to fight in 
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During the course of hie remarks* ROITMANN stated that 22 percent 
of the Inhabitants of Nev Mexico are of Mexican origin but that ' 

:67 percent of the Nev Mexlcvis killed in Vietnam , were „fx^^thi8£v^^v»^ 
22 percent minority. This source also advised t^t ^t^e HdijseTbf 
Culture is the headquarters ^of the Italy^Vletham Connltteei'^r'"'^ ^ 

On July 26, 1971*^^^^^^ ^Ivlsed that 
four other American Vietnam ^iCiRiis participated In a D^onstra- 
tlon for Peace In Sou^east Asia* organized by the Italy^Vletnaift;. . 
Committee In Florence* Italy* cn July 9* 1971. All of the Americans 
spoke on the alleged war crimes had been committed in Vietnam. 

On September 3* 197l*Vpmka^^8ed^hat ROITMANN vaa 
still serving as the WAV Reglona^coorolnator for New Mexico-Arlzona. V 

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Journal** This article identified VINEYAfiD as a pre-law student 
at UNM and President of the Albuquerque Chapter of WAW* The 
article describes VINEYASD as "neither a radical or a militant 
agitator*" It also quotes VINEYARD as stating* "I believe in 
worthing within the system for change without violence • * • * 
instead of alienating each other* people should be willing to 
listen and understand the motive and beliefs of others. We are 
prepared to work throu^ this system toward this end. There's 
been, enough violence already** 

FUNDS 

According to an article «diich appeared in the Mar^ 

11* 1971* issue of the "New Mexico Lobo*" the UNM Student Senate 
allocated $880 to the WAW at its meeting on the evening of 
March 10* 1971* but stipulated that none of these funds could be 
used to lobby state legislators .-y ^ 



On April 7* 197l,^^^^Maade available the attached 

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VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR, INC. 
New Mexico Office 
Box 623 

Corraleaf N.M. 87048 


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BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE 


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City 


Branch of Service i 
Dates of Active Outyt, 


Phone I 


Rankt 


State 


mo/year-».co-"mo7^ar 


Military Occuoatlonc T ype of Dischargei,,,^^ 

Reserve Status _ 

Present Occupation! Education! . _ 

Name of Last Institution Attended! 

Dates of Attendance! . _ 

Currently Attending! . 

Name of School 

Do you. wish your mail to be sent to your school address? Yes No_ 

If so, please state your school address i Q- 


Education!. 


INDOCHINA SERVICE 
Dates of Service!. 
Primary Dutv! 
Wounded Yes 


Unit Assigned. 


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.Secondary Duty. 


Decorations ! 

I enclose annual membership dues of $5*00 Yes N o 

I have read and support the stated objectives of Vietnam Veterans 
Against the War, Inc. 






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According to arctcle* whl^ appeared lif^he Februaw 
!!• 1971# issue of the. "Nee Mexico Lobo#^ and the Febniary 12# 
1971, issue of the "Albuquerque Journal#" RALPHLBACA^ a U®* 
student# spoke at a rally held on the UNM Mall on February 
1971, and announced the formation of a group to be known as 
Veterans Against War. following are pertinent portions of 

the tfticle which appeared in the February 11# 1971, issue of 
the "New Mexico Lobo*i -v 

■Yesterday*s rww rally on the Mall 
mapped perfectly where the anti-war 
movement in America is golng--nowhere* 

For two hours a stream of worn-out 
rhetoric punctuated with •Right on I* 
trickled from dozens of would-be 
regyolutionaries # and nobody cared.'y^ 

becaie’ so 

first 'houx OX 's6#--. ’ It ^e8ched^•^^^•'^^f^^■‘>■.^^^^ ' 

the point where RAIJ« BACA# more-or- 
less acting as M.C., almost had to beg 
for speakers from the ci:owd."\Jv i ^^7^ 

On February 17, l97l^^^Badvised that the WAW 
held a meeting at UNM on the evlHn^^ February 13# 1971. 

Source advised that the meeting began with the showing of a 
motion picture entitled "AWOL," following which an announcement 
was made that efforts were being taken toward the formation of 
a' ;8tate-:wide . WiW.organi^iofw:\^^^g^;^i:^T;^i^^ 

■1.1": i': According to an article whi^ appeared in the Februa^ 

18# 1971# issue of the "New Mexico Lobo#* the WAW held its^ ; ; 
first meeting at UNM on the evening of February 17# 1971. Atfe- 
this meeting it was brought out that the WAW hopes to establish 
A lobbvine conmittee in Santa Fe# New Mexi«»# to assist, veterans^ 
in gaining theirV benefits under the GI Bill and to publicl^^ - 

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On February 25| I97l,^^^^^advl8ed that the WAW 
held a meeting in the SUB, UNM,^^Wne evening of February 24, 
1971* At this meeting it was announced that the WAW planned 
to establish a war^crimes committee which will lobby in Washington 
D. C« } and that the WAW group at UNM had received word from the 
group's National Headquarters in New York City, New York, that, 
funds would be made availabl e^ M /\ \ j / •> ^ 

On HairGhj^L^^^^HHljB^^is^that o^the evening 
of March 15, 197l,|^^^^^H|HS%^Himimm^^contacted the 
UNM Campus Police o^nc^^Si^adviaecchattheTTOW would hold a ; 

the UNMCamoua ]ff 

^pant stt^r^i 


guerilla theater dealing with the Vietnam 
from llt30 a.m* until noon', March 17, 1971, and 

also advised the UNM Campus Police that the participant^t^tiM 
guerilla theater would use real rifles as part of their perfor* 

LA 

On March 16, ^^^^IHHHVadvised that the guerilla 
theater would take place on tne nati behind the SUB, and that it 
would culminate with the participants entering the SUB and using 
blank cartridges pretend to shoot unnamed participemts in the 
guerilla theater, who will feign death as a symbol of alleged 
U»S. atrocities against North Vietnam civilians* \ a 

On Mardi 17, 197l,^^H|||Ha<ivised that the proposed 
guerilla theater to be held ^^vAW at UNM on that date had been 
cancelled due to the belief of the WAW members that so many UNM 
students were aware of the details of the proposed guerilla 
theater that it would have had no impact* A ^ 


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wilATiliCM>> • ’beW EY CANYew in:** bn April 19, 19»1, piun biviifcn of Viwrafft v«»rank «riiH begin 
Inbunlon*’. eHVBsMngton. O. C- . code-nemeb “Dewey Owyon III/’ Dbringowroecupetionof ihe capital, we ». 
■ meet formatly and inform^ wtth congreomcn. conduct pubfic hearings into U. S. War Crime military poliw, * 
'bbOH the Congress end^upremeCt^ to exereSe their^r»ed-C©MUttitioj*almpensibUit|es_to override Nixo: 
Wood lust; and act to atop all “buslneu as usual.'’ until the government recognii^ end responds POSITiyg^ 
- oiv demands. All medals and awards will be returned iaa Ibnnal ceremony to dw Cor»greis....ln KIA body begs. 

GO TO WaSHIWQTOM NOTBECAltSE WE WANT TO. BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TOiH 
^oion doas net jtlan to ond dte war. The l>eris •»eaoe“ Talks art a phony poUicity gimmick. JtodJ 
■^ministmtloii'a rmTi* rWipaljh b )uit an Mwie to perpetrate the American inilit^ 4 >reswtce in S. 

So w maraat Aiid era Iter^ tirva r^n'^ sSillbil Wxpn'a'wihiation b» lovva farbsm and hard hatt, \ 
^ Me not AMATEURS! V^a we oorrdiat vetaransi wounded ar>d decorMad. maimed in body and ^rit. Wdl not 
' deterrad or intlnudated by poftca, goeenuoent egents, U. S. marshe1s»or our brothers still in the rrtiiitary (v/e kn. 
’^dAib they will upjMtt. and any dacaron to.pitaheffl against w will Miy swatl our numbers}. 

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VCTEffANS. ACTIVE Dtrhr GIsrillAtii&WAL ^UARD^EW. AND RESERVISTS ARE INVITEDII 

wdnrneiuppdrtdflimiam ond 1 Htmts.'«% emit fw«e-no-*'atr.acwtr“.«o come Fepv«<l<»AFxUmQhsd< 

ponchos, dry edx.btf 'da^lng baps. Rations wHI^ fundshad. Waar your fatigues end combat rtb^ns. Air 


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On March 19f- 197l»VH^Hkmade available a catelbg^^bf 
courses being offered Xjy Amiscad» the free university at UNM* 
this catelogue indicates that the WAW would offer a course en- 
titled "National War Crloes Conialsslon*' on Thursday evenings* i 

According to^n article which appeared in the Mar^ 

1971* issue of the "New Mexico Lobo** the UNM chapter of the WAW 
had ^ent letters to every state senator protesting the failure to 
pass Senate Bill 330 which would have required that an official 
state of war be declared by the U. S* Government before New Mexico 
servicemen could be sent into battle in Southeast Asia* t i 

According to articles idilch appeared in the April I» 

1971* Issues of the "Albuquerque Journal" and the "New Mexico 
Lobo»" seven members of the WAW had unsuccessfully attempted to 
surrender thenselves to the Albuquerque Police Department on the 
evening of March 31# 1971, for "war crimes** These articles ldentl-i.s->: 
fled those participating asi CHRISTOPHS VINEYARD* BOB MAlJUa)#-'''^ - 
RALPH BACA# CHARLES OARNALL# NARCISOO GARCIA, BRUCE MC MASTS, and 
JIM DAMOUR.\^ 

According to articles which appeared in the April 2# 1971# 
Issues of the "Albuquerque Journal" and the "New Mexico Lobo#* a 
group of WAW members unsuccessfully attempted to "surrender for 
war crimes" to United States Attorney VICTOR R* ORTEGA on April I# 


1971. 






According to an article which appeared in the April 7#., 

1971# issue of the "New Mexico Lobo#" meters of the WAW would;f^^#^^^l| 
attempt to surrender themselves to Saiodia Base authorities 'literflf^r?;fl' 
that week. This article also set forth that Sandia Bwe Provost ^ 
Marshal, Lieutenant Colonel BEVINS# had stated that his of f ice^i '^V 
would have no Jurisdiction to arrest th^. ; 

' According _ to, .ah ;"Article irtiiW''Mp^tted''S.n''.’the i'Aprtl -• 8'f '■ 
issue^of .the>"Albl^ue^ue Journal" CHRIS' VINEYARD'stat^:; thatrthe‘*>*'*■■'*•■'^^ 
WAW mmsben Jt^dJ hoc completely giyeh up the, ideia. of 's'llrrende^ng.v / 
^emiselves for wtf erimiss and that the ' grciup~*ii^ ^att^pcing to con--- 
tact the South Vietnamese Etebassy in Washington# D. C*» but that 
these 'efforCs''thus far had .been unsucce8sfuirt'\#^'^i’f^%r??:Wi!w^S^&:n^ 















«RE YOU SICK OF THE WART 


Are you • YIetnom vet? 

Are you the wife or e fomily member of e KIA/ 
MlA,orPOW? 

Then jofn-u* in Washington, O.C. Ajtril 19th 
through the t3r4, o* thouiondi of VIetnoih veti 
end wor>teorred Amerleon families conduct o 24t 
hour, week-long "limited incursion" of our notion o 
CopiM eoHed "Dewey Canyon III . . j 

FLICHT TO AND FROM D.C, FOOD AND HWS- 
ING PROVIDED FREE If you ore on Indoehinnfv^, 
the wife or fomily member of e Kl A, MIA, or rOW. 

For more informotion, contoct; The Vj^roni 
Against the Wor, 277-5520; or George lUnned^ 
265-2982; or The Vietnom Veterons Aqomst the 
Wor, Woihington, D.C Office^ 202-737-8600, 




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ty the WAtfi April 19-23, 197l* This article quoted GORIX»J 
GILLIES as stating that the group had no special plana other 
than "leaning on U« S. Senator JOSEPH H. MONTOYA* and would 
otherwise Join in whatever demonstrations the National WAN 
Office had scheduled 

According to an article which appeared in the April 
21, 1971, issue of the ^Albuquerque Journal," RALPH BACA and 
RAY lance were among the group of approximately thirty-five 
WAW members from New Mexico idio were in Washington for the 
demonstrations sponsored by the WAW for April 19-23, 1971, 

This article also set forth that members of the New Mexico group 
met with U, S* Senator CLINTON P. ANDERSON and Representative 
MANUEL LUJAN on April 19, 1971, and had also scheduled meetings 
with U, S, Senator JOSEPH MONTOYA and Representative HAROLD 
RUNNELS, the^other two members of the New Mexico Congressional 
delegation, 

According to articles irtiich appeared in the April 29, 
1971, and May 3, 1971, issues of the "New Mexico Lobo," C33RIS 
VINEYARD, BOB MALANO, and JCftlN MATECZUN were other members of 
the New Mexico WAW delegation who visited Washington, D, C, 

According to an article which appeared in the May 3, 
1971, issue of the "New Mexico Lobo," Representative MANUEL 
LUJAN had written a letter to the White House urging a meeting 
between CHRIS VINEYARD and President RIOIARD M. NIXON. 

On May 3, 197l,^|^^H^avi8ed that the WAW had been 
soliciting signatures to addressed to New ^fexlco 

Governor BRUCE KING requesting that he suspend operation of the 
Selective Service System in the State of New Mexico, 

According to an article whL^ appeared in the May 6, 
I97i; issue of the "Albuquerque Journal," approximately 1,000 
signatures to the above petition were forwa^ed to Governor 
BRUCE KING on May 5, 1971. 

According to an article which appeared in the May 11, 
1971, issue of the*New Mexico Lobo,” a rally sponsored ty the 
WAV on the Mall at UNH on May 10, 1971, failed to attract aiy 
student attention, 



























"In honoring their eecrifice* you honor’ ^ 
the sacrifice of all those who through 
the history of our nation have died in 
order that we may live in peace and with 
With ay best wishes* sincerely*. 

Richard^ Nixon* ^ . 

1971 article %fhich appeared in the July 29, ^ 

Albuquerque Journal*- URRY ROTTMANN had.s>-.vS-^SKv<a, 5 »^ 
^ f public stateront to the effect that the WAW was attempt^ 
ing to locate a site in New Mexico for a Job and ding rehabilitation 
Vietnam veterans. ROTTMANN stated that the WAW would 

facility, preferably outside the metropolitan 
anticipated that this facility would be 
staffed by doctors* paychlatriats, clergy, and others donating 

® volu^^ ^sls. The article else quotes 
ROTTMANN as follows regarding ^AW#^^ ^ 

"WAV isn't Just a protest group but a- 
group working for its immediate end and 
dedicated to continual social action for 
those Americans vrtio have suffered most 
in this war— the veterans • 

j According to an article ^ich appeared in "The New Mexican. - 

published in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Che WAW would 
® of "public awareness actions In the 

swthwest at ^s Alamos* New Mexico, on September 15 , 1971 , This 

activities In Los Alamos would be held 
at the Alamos Unitarian Church and would consist of the showing 
an anti-Vietnam W^ motion picture* talks by WAW members* followed 

^.5! P«rlod.^,.Thi8 article also iet^^ 

meetings of this type were scheduled. to ; 

held in Phoenix* Arizona, and EX Paso* Austin, Houston* and Arlington^ '' 















This article also set forth that KRIS KRISTEKSENt one of the 
WAW members ^o partlclpatedt stated that most people 
the group approached were apathetic and that a few were actually’' 
hostile* It is not^ that the .New Mexico State Fair is cur* ' 
rentier In progress 


On September 23# l97lS^H||HPadvised that on 
September 18# 1971# a npresentativeox^AW contacted, the 
Veterans Adalnistratlon iVA) HospltaV'ln Albuquextiue^aiid offerecl:^^ 
to provide a bus to drive aiQr of the hospital's patients who so 
deslr^ to the New Mexico State Fair on September 19# 1971# since 
on that date veterans were to be adapted free*\^ 

VmB^vlsea^at a charter^ bus arrived at the^'- v; ' ' _ ; 
VA Hospital on the morning of September 19# 1971# and transport^ 
a number of the paclents«-8ome of them In wheelchairs ••to the 
New Mexico State Fair* Upon arrival at the State Fair Grounds# 
ROITMANN Indicated to some of the veterans In the wheelchairs 
that be intended to attach antl-Vletnam war placards to their . , - 
wheelchairs so that they could ride up and down In front of the' 
grandstand irtille the hors^aclng program was In progress*^ 

that when ^IIMANN made tUils announce* 
raent# two members of the MASH group at UNM# who had accompanied 
the^ group# told ROITMANN that this would not be possible* These 
individuals contacted authorities at the VA Hospital who arranged 
for the return of the patients to the hospital* 

The following are pertinent portions of em ^ 
article vdilch appeared In the September 17# 1970# 

Issue of the "New Mexico Lobo**! . \ 

^ . ... ^ ^ ^ ' 

"MASH# originally an OTergency first-' 
aid center# la now redirecting its 
attention to the more pressing problem 
;^^j^^i'^«ii'of'’drug^abusdVliaj:he^ community 

V. ”MASH was creat^ during last Spring^V; 

strllce ^en the Health Center closed!;^; 

















^ ”An ASU^' (AssoclAt^ Students-U^) \ 

appropriation and donations from - 

hospitals and private citizens are . 

enabling MASH to continue its opera* 
tion*' .v , ,, . 

A letter to the editor signed by several 
HASH members appeared In the Nov^ber 19, 1970, 

'Issue of the "Nei^ Mexico LobOt” and states In 
part as follows i \_/v 

*In order to clarify the position 
of our organization* we «K>uld like 
to specify that M*A*S^* is ex- 
pressly non-polltlcal« As we serve 
not only all elements of the Uni- 
versity community* but also those 
elonents of the general community 
which requests our services as well* 
we feel it would not further anyone *8 
interest were we to become engaged in 
either party or student politics** 

According to an article which appeared In the September 
23* 197 I 9 issue of the "Albuquerque Journal*" LARRY ROITMANN was 
present at a meeting regarding conditions generally in VA hospitals 
throughout the country held by U* S* Senator FRED HARRIS (D-Okla) 
at the VA Hospital* Albuquerque* Hew Mexico* on September 22* 

1971. During the course of this meeting the sublet made a brief 
spee^ alleging discrimination against Vietnam veterans* 






















:'i STATUS DEPARTMENT DT 
^S HAL BUSEAO OF INTESTfS 

Albuquerque , New Mexico^ 
Sepcembor 27. 1971 ^ 




VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE VAR (WAV) 
also known as Veterans Against the 
Vletnanese War (VAVV). Veterans Against 


Cb&iaeter INTERNAL SECURITT - NEW LEFT 


Referenoe^ Albuquerque memorandun dated and 
captioned as above* 


All soutoes (except any Hated below) wboee Identities 
concealed in referenced coaiaunlcation have fumiabed reliable 
izaatlon In the past.-,- 


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PayetteviXItt, N* C 


located at^ 
Wbieb ia th« residence o 
the Havmarket SsBimt£^<^ 


It is further noted that Hayraarket Square Coffeehous^ 
Charlotte file lOO^'llOll, was established in* Fayetteville in jl 
August, 1970, and is utilized by antiwar groups and Gis from ■ 
nearby Port Bragg, H. C., for protesting the Vietnam War.y . ^ 


y? ^ Charlotte is conducting a preliminary investigation, 
&oagh established sources onlyit identify other leaders and 
i^ers of WAW and to determine its aims, objMlves, and a^i^ 
md will ^be-'Ml^t^ prca^ly* 




















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DIBECTOr^ IBT (100-44809*)^- date: OCfl ]%'![ 

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VIEmM VETERANS AflAHOT TEB VAR (WAV) 
(RStf JEHSSt CHAPTER) 

IS-EEV £EPT 
(OOt HAH York) 


fitt Bar«*« l«tt«r to Albaiqr^ eopiot to VAnark^ ^/%/y\ 
aaA Heimrk alrtol and LRK to Buraan. .oonr^ Van To 


nad 


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Encloaad' for tha Boraaa am nina eoplaa and for Vnr 
10rk» two aoplaa# of an LBR datad and oaptlonad as aboaajy^ 

^ Coplaa am iMlng fumlahad loaalXp to Saamt Sarrlcs 
and lOSth Ml droop* BOvark* Van jaraay. ^ 

XAfonunts ntUlsad in aneloaad LEM amr 


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. 1-7' Othar than Infomatlon sat forth in tha IBR, 
la insufflelant infomatlon arailahla to adaquata 
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ZnforwttloB «oiM«mii« lfc«u 3 and 4 of 
Bartam lattar eoald not Ba conflx«a4,Br aataBllahad 
and aaureaa of tho llawark Dlvlaloa* - 

Tbara la no lafoxvatloB that tha WAV. vaw Jaraay 
Chaptar^ la laflltratad^ doalnatad or aoBtrollad by baaio 
rarolatlonary sroqpa or othar aubvaralra alOMBta. Batabllahad 
aooraa corarac** faovarar^ loaa ladloata that WAV la allcnad 
with tha aawaaa of rarloaa paaoa croapa 1& tha Stata of Raw 

WAV, Haw jraraay Chaptar, la aat laaarporatad wz^ar 
tha lawa of tha Stata of Vaw Jaraay and to data, doaa not 
poaaaaa any fonul orsaalaatlonal atruatara. Slnea tha arraat 
and indletaant of OONUJD SMABR, WAV Vmi Jaraay Chaptar 
^Hlsator, no affaatlra atatarWMa Ibadarahlp haa baan la 
andanoa. ' 

It thara wai^v^ffaet^aa Xaadarahlp aai aoaa orgaalsatlonal 
afforta, tha potaatlal M^d axlat that tha WAV eoald poaalbly 
la aoM dlaroptlTd^^^AbloCalTlX dlaobadlanoa, . la Tlaw 
oJ'^ gyttehaa ^ la Raw Jaraay. It ia;i 
fait, hmarar, that WAV i^jQ^^Vm^asa la aeta of vlolaMa 
alaaa thaaa aota by thalr vary aatara, woaXd ba dlaaatrlaally 
oppoaM to tha poblla laaca which WAV, aa aa orgaalaatloa, 
la attai^tliic to eonray. 

XAfOzvatloa arallabld oonaaralBs naabarahlp of tha j 

WAV, Vaw Jaraay Chaptar, la llaltad to only thoaa paraona • 1 

aaatloaad la tha aaalosad 

Vawark will kaap thla caaa la a paadli« atatlii~^^S ^ . -1 

***'®'*R** ■®wcaa. Sho^d thS- 4^ 

attaapt any typa of local awbraralTa larolTCBaat and/or 
Mwolwnant la dlaroptlTo or Tlolanoa-prena actlTltlaa. tha is 

clgauaat^^a will be datanalaad and tha Baraav iMcdl ata^^ -^'^.. J 

coatalaa lafomtloa froa coafldantm a^Ma 

Talwa, tha dlmbaura^^af which cohn ba p^^c^' to 

latamal aaeorlty and/or d afanaa lataraata of tha JPBltadJItat^J^ - - j 



















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fttaljfc rjllabU iBAxwttlBI^ WImA that avproxlaataljr 4 

, iBdlTldvala attaadad a plosla at Praaiaia »• aaaaaralt Parlt^^^ii 

P«a»nTaaUi' on Kay 15, 1971^ apansorad byfP® 
^ilf« At 7s00 p«n. OB Ray 15« 1971# tha grotip hagaa a nareh 
Proa fnaiaitt B* BOMaralt Park ta Zndap^anoa Rail. 6th and 
MrhB* StraatOf Phlladalphia«^ At Xadapandanea 8all» thaj hold ^ ^ ^ 
a paaaafnl aandlallght Tlgil agalnat tha Itaitad Stataa Inrolvan^ 
In Tlatnan, Atrlsg tha rally^ a nlnaagraph flyar waa alrenlatad 
urslM aopport of tha law Jaraar mi for a Ray 89, 1972, rally , 
aohadnlad for Itwarfc, Raw Jaraay^ \ ^ 

^ »M* Jaraay 

^ Don- SwiiTtt^IaiBiad an anti-war danonatratlon 
on R»p\89# 1971* Tataraaa and anpportara wara to aaaanbla on 
^raX rontaa lata Iraarfc, law Jaraar, and naroh ta 
Park, downtown lawark, whara a rally wowld ba hold 
Dwrliii tte naroh Into lawark# partioipanta wara to bold noak^^i 
. snarrlUa thaatrOi*^^th. toy so^#' a^U^^mt war atxwltlaaiif-l^^® 

„ Oa My 29# 1971*^^HVa aoaroa who haa fomlahod 
rallaUo infoxnatlon In tba^lf, adwlaad that a paaeafal 
anti-war danonatratlon waa hold by approxlnataly 30 nanbara 
and appperUra of WAV at RUitary Park, lawark, law d^araay. 

danonatratlott bagtn at approzl»taiy 4t0e p.n* on Rw 89,. 
1971 and andad at approxlnataly As 30 p,n» Tha daBoaatratiatt^e-iv>;:;;<.. 
waa praeadad by tha partlalpanta narohlno down aararal aldaK^k#^ 
atraata toward RUitary Park and diaaaaalBi tha Tlatnah war"r'">'-'^--:''-'^;: 
with paraona on tha atraat 

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Thraa wnldaatlflad partlalpanta nada brlaf antlHiar^l^^ 
r a na r k a ta tha groiaA. 

' ^ 1971,'^HIVa ' aonraa wiw tea ' 

wllaUa in^zpat^ In. tha pSCT^Maad. thab WAV planna^^^^S 
^;.9^1olfjkM4:lh^tJoaiphabWtibf.jwl^'>th^ 

Aagaat 6^^9n^ Thla Ttgll-^i^ 'danonatratlon^ mi to ' taka^^^^^ 
plaaa ab tho low Moral Balldlng in Vawwli^ liw and 

waa to eonalat of raadlng of tha nanaa of M Tlatnan wax^^ 
daad* Paxpoaa of thla itnnnntrali im waa t a" n nMho i at a tlia ' **'■’- 
atonla bonblBk.af 



















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425 LiSK* • ■oar** who has fomlsM ^ 

raliaUa p^n^ion In tha paStT^^lM* that tha daaonatratlen 
plannad at ^ Maral Balldlng^ Wawark^ 1 m Jaraay^ an 
Aapat 6« 1971# to aoMaaorata tha atoaia hanhlnc of Japan, 
did not oeear, dua to a lack of Intaraat oi^^part of partlal^ti 

On Mr tl« 19Tl«iB|^^adTla& that tha ‘mv and omr 
5 U SSSIa'l"??* “ daaonatratlon aonalatliv 

?£ S* dardan Stata Partway 

S ^ ^ protaat tha war 

in Ylatnaa and enaianurata tha bonhlnd •* Japa^'x k 

. ^Jn Aapat f # lS7lJ^BB|adTla&%it tha. 

S? mWaRthar paaea tranpa* on 
Aagut o« 1971# oonalatlns of an attaa^tad tla up of traffla 
Stata Parknay naan Xllj^th, lav Jaraayrto 







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mrtfctr*," uA by rtfoilas b« ob«y ord«n th*y b#ll«T* to bo^ 
imjaat, «|«U as D fbr pttBlshiiSBt^^v 

On SsptwalKr 8, 1971^(1^ 

furnlahad xsllabls Infozaatlon la «&• past^ adrlsad that tbs . 
Ataantlo City ftaltes Oapar^Mit (ACPP) 
lattar fK«-«55elby, TTAW. .Ww4a^ -Stats^^rtlaatori 
liirsz«l]« ACPD that 7TA¥ iniaadM tT bald aa "aatloa »t 2j00 p.« 
oa psptaaber 10, ISTl/la Atlaatla Ci^ »« 4 «. 

plaa^ to dlatrlbttto loanots la front of aaior hetola and la 


isaflots eondoiBM 











-nETHUl TBfBMkHS MklSSt OT IttEv- 
rH8M 3BR3BT CHAPTER) 

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tkA mr la Tletnaa aaft apaclfleally.Coagr^Baawi^Jdto^Hw*^ 

^ SaiSLrallW* •Hawto* of Tlotn« 

froa tho eMgrosileaal district to ghlgt Cloiwostcr Comity, 

Ksv Jersey Is sltaaM, acre dlstrltoted. 

^■fcfctfc'ldTlsed that St 8tOO p.B. oa 
seateabex^^^^^j a rally was held at dlasshore State College, 

by WAW sad that spproxla^ly ^artew d^nst^te« ^ 
wtleloated. Short speeches eofla aado sad doa^loas ^^72^ 

ooTIfifited froa spectators** Toaj^Scaccl was spotesa Mi tor th e--*^^^^ 
Sd SScSti* that p«aaafl «<»14 he “J** ?*" 

after the Totiag records of CongrosMca Joha S« 

^t sad Charles W* Saadaaa, There toss 
present and eery little aoney eas collect^ * The rMy ensea 
^UtOO p*a« sad approziaately 3 ^^ .^y^^to tor s were to spend 
the night <m the Qlasshoro State College^M)mma.N^ 

OB septeaher U, 19 n,^l(BiPS^toed that^^ 
deaonstrators on the Olass^ro State College 
Olasshoro by 9tt5 tea. oa Septeaher U, IgTl* 

40 persons Indicated that they nay drlre to 
£w^?W, to participate to' protesting agalMt ^ ttss 
Awrlca Pageant oa the erenlng of Septesi^r ^1^971 y 

OB septeaher 12, 1971, 

apBzealaately 55 VTlW partlclpant^^eaeef^y dewnstrated 
l?^h«a!r^ OcarentloB Hall, Atlantic City, 

«AneMkai» 11- ion* la aa atteapt to contrast the unreality 
IbXt tli^^s AaeSca Pageant, with the ugly 
reality of the Tletnaa War* \ 

This do«ii»nt neither “*?- 

oeaclwsloBS of the Federal Bureau of torestlgatloa (m) * to 
4 a tha BMoartr of the IVI and Is loaned to your ageneyj to. 
2d*tos*wS^s are^tto be distributed outside yw ageacy. . 



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8/3/71; San Diego alrtel 

tp Director dated 8/26/71 » 

Enclosed herewith for the Bureau are 5 copies of 
an LHM, and two copies for New York. 

TT e c Information copies are not being disseminated to 
U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Attorney and Military Intelligence 
^enclea in San Diego at this time in view of Bureau Instruc- 
tions that discreet Inquiries only should be conducted. Extra 
copies have been prepared for the, San Diego file In the event 
future dissemination Is desired. » 

•I ^ Information of the Bureau and New York the 

enclosed LHM contains all pertinent Information In the San 
Diego files to date re captioned organization. The Informa- 
leafleting at Camp Pendleton, California, In February, 
1969, was previously furnished to the Bureau in form suitable 
for dissemination. \ \ 

San Diego will maintain this case In a pending' 
status and follow organizational activities on the campus at 
Sm Diego State College. There has been no. activity during 
the past summer months, however, it Is recommended that- ^ 
Investigation through established sources be continued In' 
order to determine If the San Diego State College group is 
reactivated at the beginning 1971-1972 school yearT\ 

.■ All Individuals mentioned- in the LHM‘ have been ■■ 

indexed. Sant Diego fllesi^ contain' ne other pertinent informa-fe 
tlon regarding these Individuals and separate Investigations ' 
are not being; Initiated ^t this tloe.V 





















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PU0N«, 


UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
FEDERAL BUREAU OP INVESTIGATION 

San Diego > California 
September 21, 1971 




VIETNAM VETERANS AOAINST THE WAR (WAW) 


The WAW is self-described as an anti-war organ- 
ization, organized in 1967 and headquartered in New York City. 
Its published objective is '’to demand an immediate cessation 
of fighting and the withdrawal of all American troops from 
Indo-China". 

"Captioned organiMtloh planned'^to" surreptitiously ' 
enter the U.S, Marine Corps Base at' Cainp'^endleton, Califor- 
nia, on February 3 » 1969, arfd distribute anti-war literature. 
Leafleting on Base did not occur, as members of, the WAW .av: . % 
decided aga.iiist entering the Base and' instead passed out antl- ;v 
war literature to u:s. Marines on liberty in Oceanside, 
California, which community adjoins Camp Pendleton, California;^ 
Results of leaf let_ing efforts were described 'as poor, 

LJf|P mimlB Naval i^estiga^^Vsery^e]^^^^^^^^ 
y ^grrlce/Cfmir Pendleton, California 2/6^9p ' 









The San Diego State College newspaper, the "Daily 
Aztec", on May 26, 1970, carried a news item reflecting the 
San Diego State Veterans Against the War would hold a memorial 
service in front of the War Memorial ailldlng in Balboa Park 
San Diego, California, on May 30, 1970. The purpose of the 
memorial service would be to encourage the veterans to relin- 
quish their military awards and medals honoring the Nation’s, 
military dead on Memorial Day.\^ 


WARRRin^T.T.TAMs^ gan Diego S tate ^ 
Veterans Against ane War., stated the group was taking the T 
"^actlon 

and has taken no stand on any other student activities.; 
on the campus. He emphazled that the group is not ahti-Amer--- i 
ica or antl-mllitaiy but if Is ~antl-war; \ ' . i 


State 


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CW October 9, 1970, it was determined the--VVAW_ 
Is duly chartered organization at Diego State Cplidge 


October 9« 197P) 

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^ ^^*^ls document contains neither recommendations nor 
conclusions of the FBI. It la the property of the FBI and^^,.,^ 
is loaned to your agericyj It and its contents are not to be - . 

distributed outside your agency* 

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lETNAH VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR (WAW) 


ReBulet to Albany 8/3/71. 

Activitlea^oT captioned organization have been 
brought to the attention of Agents in the Savannah Division 
and a survey of the division has failed to develop any 
infonaation as to WAW activities in this division* . 


2 ~ New Tork (100-160644) 
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explain this deletion. 

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for review and direct response to you. 

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D*-**^' 9/22/71 

fransmU tb« following- ii^' ” — . r-; 

(Type M ptoiMesl ot <odef 


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TOt Dlrectorj FBI (100-4itfl092>- 

PHOKt' 3AC, Inditnapolla (100-16051) (P)- 

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JlgTHAM. ygggRAMfl AOAlWaT THB VkR (WA¥) ‘ 

i3.-MHfLEPT ALl INFORMAWI C' 

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ReBudet dated Q/3/lT’^\y\ 


aicloaed herewith are five copies of an LBK entitled 
’'Indiana Veterans Movement"* Two copies of this LHM are 
provided for infoniiation purposes of New York*-- i 

■VH'' ■ V 

Sioloaed LHK la classified to<^ 

protect the Identities of three confidential sources who 
continue to provide reliable information concerning the - 
national defense and the unauthorised or unwarranted dls— 
aemination of this document could rea 8 onabl 7 result in 
their idantificatiotv thereby adversely affecting the 
national security of the United States*- 

Indianapolis can locate no organiaed WAV activity 
in the State of Indiana*. The Indiana Veterans- Movepsn 

closelr followed 




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Additlonallyt. it ia noted that all three of above 
■ aouroM ramaln In an elceBant position to pr^ld. 
and continuing information on all Hen Left-orieoted vserana 
activities in the Indlanapolia Division* » 






isiPt: 







CmTED STATES DEPARTMENT O^USTICE 


FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 


Indlanapolia, IndlanR 


jm R^fr. fim** Jt^ M 
FiUN*^ 


Soptambop 22» 1971 




INDIMTA VSTERAKS MOViMBir? 


'On 2l^’ 1971* tho' 

nada availabla a doeioBaKit entitled "Indlwa Veteransl^^^^^^^^^^ 
Moveamt,''*;,^ tdiloh i8, app.«^_^„hepetd aa. an:f 

attaohment'A: outlined the eigenda* pux^aes* and organlsatibhi 

TOla &oufflent’'eontains aeltbsr'pecbaiwndatione '4 

conclusions or the m. It le the property of the • - - 4 

FBI and Is loaned to your agency: it end Its con- 
tents are not to be distributed outside your agency-c^^^^ ■ 




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ENDIAH&. VErSMH3 MOVSHENT 


which structured the confer sncd h^d at Ball State University 
(BSU), Munele* Indira » August 21-22» 1971* Source advised^- ; 
that the meeting was less than successful in organizing .all - 
groups and stated that the Indiana Veterans Movement had not 
yet, attained a viable organi zational structure* tJasdega-who 
emerged at this were' 

a student at BSU'and an indiviaBB ^^^ffiWf^^^ ^WPE^WWf ^ 
Peace Treatj^movsmm^l^Idana;^|H|HH|^^^idio Aiai a 
friend^of Iseace^-type 

State Pniverait^^err^^Ste. rT^iana SililMHI^^Hwiiii^ ^ 
irtille "not~Creih^named to any 'formal offlce^i88Siec^n^mStl< 











INDIANA VEINRAN3 ICVSffiNT 




The Dhltad Front is a predominantly Negro:^^ 
organisation which haa led a boycott of tAiite 
busineas e^abliahmants in Cairo, Illinois, for 
over two yMira*.-\_j^ 


On September 17, the U 

above advised that at a recent IndianS^^flrSS^nov^ttitffleeti^, , ^ 

it was decided an atteBQ>t would be made to establlah a lobby for L^l 
veteran^ affairs at the next Indiana Oeneral Assembly. Befom ^ 
in veterans' benefits would be the main eaaphaais, and, in 
particular, the following programs were decided 

1« Establish a direct lobby group at the Indiana 
Oeneral Assembly so that the young voice of 
veterans could be heard. 

2. Creation of an Indiana State 0. I. Bill of Bights 
complete with financial assistance, etc. 

3. State enployment preferences for veterans. 

1|..- Creation of a state public works pi?oject which 
could msploy prea«itly uneo^loyed veterans.;.^ 

< .. ' •' " *1^* . 

5* A grant«ln-ald to each returning veteran.-r 'X - ^ rH 

6.: Tax breaks for actlve«-duty military personnel'^ 
from Indiana 

?• Creation of a readjustmmat center f or aturning ^ v 
'-■"veterans.."- 

pres At none of^'t^Me''pro'giirama'iiave'''b'ewt‘cIei^^^^^^^^® 
Aunclat A and^aotlyltles in and around Indlma^blis cwtiaue-S^^^^^^'^ 
to be c^itered about finding a suitable place for a "cOffeefious'e^^'^"^ 
and possibly starting a ’Veterans group" at Indiana Dhlverslty 
Purdue Dnlversity in Indianapolis. 








INDim VETERANS HOVEMBOT 


Proposed Struettiret 


State Coordinator - . 

(one elected member, elected at each state convention yearay; 


Guidance Coradttee 

(made up of one person from-^ach district, more added when needed; 


(local bases will construct thoir own structure for goverranent; 


criteria for i-foobershipi 

a. all prior aorvice porsons (no matter what type of discharge), 
active duty personr.el, national guardsmon, conscientious objector*, 
and reservists, 

b. Initial membership fee of $_,00 and quarterly fees of ,00 cent 
will substantiate active nembershlp. 

c^ . Voting policies of future conventions, will be discussed in caucus 
■ and plans will be presented to ontiro body for vote at the first 
state convention^.: 

d. All members shall have the power of one (1) vote at tlje firsV ' 
state Conwention*;- 


* r »s p e * al' draw«vp August 22,1971 at 
Oi^anizihg Confremeei, Muncie 



yiAiik VBTCIU^tS t'iOVBMENT 


Va the veterans, of Indiana » finding oursalvos caught up ^ 
In a world where the gap betuaon what is and what could 
be widens have united in body and spirit in comoon cause 
to narrow this gap. 

In what could very well be raan*s last chance to out sprint 
the nuclear machine of destruction* we view our time as 
no longer a eonfino of each present living human spirit 
but of mankind as a whole. 

With this kopt in mind, our goals must be far reaching, 
our energies spent of great magnitude, but abovo all oxu* 
dedication viewed as not Just a struggle for change, but 
bom out of the realities of the times, truly a struggle 
for life itself. ^ 


is the first step in this struggle we will neot in convention at Ball 
State University, Veterans Day Week End, October 23 and 2h-, This state 
wide convention will deal with not only problems besetting the returning 
veterans, but will address Itself to many of those ills now confronting nan 
• os one.. . J 

Among those topics that will be discussod arei 

1. Voting represontatlon and membership fees. 

n. The Draft 

HI. Coffee House in Indianapolis, and percentage of contribution from the 
stato organization to be given to the coffco toxiso for operational 
coQienses. 

IV. Helping returning veterans to a peace time economy. That a co.'Kmitte© 
be established to sot up guide lines in assisting the returning veterans 


V; The abolition of less than honorable discharge. 
VI.. Cairo, lU. 

VII. Alliances with other organizations. 


CONIAIWd 

KESEI^UlfCLASSmSOt 
cKCCEPi vih^ 
dXHSSVlsk . ' 


If thore aro any questions or needs of clarification, contact any 

of tho following by phono or lettor* 

Veterans for Peace John 'l'ilroony Jtixshar&'JoiirjEon 

BaU State Dniversity^j^-OTl/i.; 3t,.tosei2l?* -mir 
Box '271 ■ 'MuHciOtJUrt*;' 

.Ptwociej- Ind.-;.': 


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THMANA VETERAllS MOVEMEOT 


tsubjeeii Xor Sta^ Convention 


' "^e w ^inff~« rt^i j^'T^he Agenda for the State Convention to be held at 

state i^'ivorsl^f'''-}ftuwiL^t ' Indiana October 23 a7»d 24 (Sat and Sun) 1971 
Each of these topics iIjUI? be discussed in a caucus, and proposals vrill 

for veto and ratification. We hope 


b© presented to the body,' as a whole 

that you participator the caucus ulilch interest you the most* 
cation to tho exact location of each caucus will be distributed to each 
jjerson at the first general meeting of the convention. 


Notifi. 


AGENW 

];« Vetliie reprosontation anl nenbership foes 
rrt . Coffee Hoase ini Iridiana^lis, and the percentage of contributidn from 


the state organization to be given to the coffee bouse for opcratioaal 
expenses, 

17, Helping returnii^ veterans to a peace tlaw economy. That a coicmittce 

be ostabllshod to set up guide lines in assisting the returning wteran,a^^^ 

V, Tho abolition of less than honorable discharge, 


Cairo, 

7X1* Alliances other 'd^i^aations. 

If there are questions or needs of clarification, contact any of the 
following by phone or loiter. All prior aervic© persons <no natter what 
'‘^rpe discl^go), active ;iitity peirsonnel, national giwrdemen, conscientious 
mnd sesorvistaT «ro ^^qvaged -tq coa»o 

Jtotonns for Feaoor ' -.Abhn Kulrodif^ 

Bail State University '31& 1/2 St 4(ileph 

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UNITED STATES (STERNMEN 

Memqranduni 

DIRECTOR.’FBti^'’^?^' 


10/4/71 


P, KANSAS CITY (100-14836) 


TOtnam veterans A< 

T^S WAft A^HVITIE^ 
CAIRO, ILEINOIS - 
10/3/71- ..■ . 


SUBJECT. 


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ng^es Indices failed' to develop any informatlcii 'that 
Is • Involved, in any organization other than the. WAW. v 


: r The Bureau advised in teletype captioned -."Viet 
nant Veterans Against' the War Conference, Kansas City, 
7/3-5/ri", dated 6/23Al> -that the WAW is not to be in~ 

yestlgated*. 'i 


None of the other individuals Involved in cap 
tioned matter have subversive reference In the Los 
Angeles indices,. V/\ 


In view of the above Information, unless advised 
to the contrary, Los Angeles is not conducting any further 
investigation In captioned matter, \ k 











DEMONSTRATION AGAINST PRESIDENT; 
RICHARD M.-NIXON, LOMA UNDA^ 
CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 20, 1971#*- 
SPONSORED BY THE VIETNAM 
VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR 


On- August 20, 1971 , the Vietnam Veterans Against 
the War (WAW) sponsored a demonstration against President 
Richard M. Nixon, Governor Ronald Reagan, and other indivi- 
duals, who were at Loma Linda University, Lome Linda, Cali- 
fornia,. for the dedication ceremonies of the future building 
of a new Veterans Administration Hospital In the Loma Linda 
area. While remarks were being made by dignitaries, approxi- 
mately 25 individuals between the ages of I 8 thrcwgh 25 were 
heckling the speakers and individuals on the speaker's plat- 
form* \ I 


On September 1^, 1971,^^HiHI^Hmi^HHk Tn— 
telllgence Detail, San Bernardino, CallTornia sherirr’s - 
Office, advised that, upon failing to obey an order to dis- 
perse, l4 of the Individuals Involved in this incident were 
arrested and booked into the San Bernardino County Jail on 
charges .of failure t^d^gersei after a lawful order to do 
so had been given. advised those who were arrested.y> 

were the following ^ 1 


















::,; '*TV ;• DEMONSTRATIOIf AGAINST PRESIDOTO. 
RICHARD M^NIXON, LOMA LINDA, 

' •; CALIFORNIA; AUGUST 20; 1971V-^^-:^ 
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VV^v RICHARD M;sNIXOM, LOMA LINDA, ; v 
CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 20; 1971'^; :VH 
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DEMONSTRATION AGAINST PRESIDENT' 
RICHARD M,. NIXON, LOMA LINDA, . 
CALIFORNIA^; AUGUST 20, 1971, : 

SPONSORED BY THE VIETNAM 
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DEMONSTRATION AGAINST PRESlDEfTT-' 
RICHARD M.- NIXON, LOMA LINDA, Z 
CALIPORNIA"; AIXJUST 20, 197i> “' " • 
SPONSORED BY THE VIETNAM,. - 
VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR-^ ' 


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•'■■■■'vi','' Occv^>atlon....--:f-^'i-:;.„v. 

Coordinator of WAV and iSource : 0 he advised that Romo parti- 
cipated In a demonstration sponsored by the VVAW at Washing- 
ton, D,^ C, from April 18 through April 23, 1971. \Jy 

advised that Romo spoke- at UCLA- onA 
April 13, 1971, at a Winter Soldier Tribunal describing : 
atrocltiea tha^ he had witnessed idiile la the Army ^ 
, ■ \jC " 

' S ^i j^ g^ pjadvlsed that on April l 6 ,. 197I, Romet^ 


spoke as a representative of the WAW at the Los Angeleas.^:-^"^ 
press conference where Remo introduced himself as. enterings : 
the service In 1966 after which he went to Officers Candl— • •■ 
date School, and. served In Calley*s brigade In •Vletnam.;-A^:;j|!|l 
Romo indicated at that time' that>>ln-- November of 1968,v hef!$f 
received an order.-' to shoot everyone In a. Vietnaines« tpwn>fe5fe;- 
an. prder::;;whlch’;hevdld::hdtiPbey^;;lndicatlngLthat^:therohlife|^ 
thing 'that'Tcoiihts|-ln.VletnaiPlV^d&d body c6unt>' vijich?'i^^^- 

M ^p; advised- thati'^-'on May 4V ’197iV Romd^i^McW 
r^'symposlum held at the- UCLA grand; 












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RICHARD M;,,: NIXON 

California^ 

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DEMCWSTRATI ON AGAINST PRESlDEFfl^! 
RICHARD NIXON, LOMA LINDA,.;w>ir> 
CALIPORNIA7 AUGUST 20/ 

SPONSORED BY THE VIETNAM < 
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y This document contains neither recommendations nors 
conclusions of the POT/ It is the property of the FBI and^. y 
Is loaned to your agency; it and Its contents, are. not to> be^>^ 

















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Attached relates ‘to demonstration • 
sponsored by Vietnam Veterans Against theg 
War (WAW) held 10/2/71 at the University^ 
of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. One 
person arrested on charges of assault sfte 
altercation between demonstrators and ts^, 

spectators 

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Chororto., INT3RKAL SSCTraiT? - MaT./ lEPT 


Syoopdi, The Vietnam Veterans Against the War (WAW), is headquartered 
in the First Baptist Church, 911 Rast Ogden, Milwaukee, Wis. 

This group is registered as a campus-approved organisation with 
University of Wisconsin-Hilwaukee, under the name of Veterans , . 
TTnion* This group has no formal mexabership and is made up of 
veterans who returned from participating the Washington, C«^ 
•i demonstrations held from 4/10-24/71. To date, this organisattoh 
has participated in various parades suid inarches oh national - ^ 

holidays in the Milwaukee area since April, 1971j however, all 
their activities have been peaceful and the protests have been 
against the war in Vietnam, Souroe advised that the Ccmznunlst 
Party of Wlseonsin (CiW) has showed no Interest in the WAV, t . 




:luded from Vutematte.^ 
downgrading Vnd 
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PREDICATIOR 


Thi^^zgstlgafcloa Is predicated upon inf onnatloa furnished 
b 7 VP^^on June 28* 1971« that the VietnsDi Veterans Against 
the^a^^VAW) from ^lwaulcee> vrisoonsin^ was represented at 
the Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justioe (PCPJ) National > " 
Convention which was held in Milwaukee from June 25-27* 197XAjl 


PS0PL3S COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE (PCPJ 


The PCPJ, in a press release dated March 1* 1971* 
described itself as being headquartered in 
«(aahlngtoa» U. (WDC) and consisting of over 
100 organizations ezoploying massive civil dis- 
obedience to ccabat the issues of war> racism, 
poverty and repression* A V 


I* ORGAigZATIOWAL DATA 


Headquarters 


The WAV/ filed a formal applioatl<Ki under the name Veterans 
Union in order to become a campus-approved organization* This 
application was filed at UV4M for the school yecu* 1971'1972. 
They will have offices in tho^ Student Uhlon and when a time 
schedule can be worked out they will hold meetings In the 
Student lAiioQ* 

September 13, 1971) 


The WAW is headquartered at the First Baptist Church, 911 East 
Ogden Street, Kilwauke^^isoonsin.'X^x 

siptoi^r 13, 1971) ^ 


The WAVr is currently holding their meetings in the First Baptist^ 
Church* 911 East Ogden* every Tuesdi^ evening* At the meetings 
it is constantly stressed that all VVAW sponsored activities be 
peaceful and that participants not engage in any violent acta* v v 


August* 11* 1971) 










MI 100-156714. 

B. Leaders 

The following individuals were listed as leaders on applica- 
tion form filed with TTniversltr of tflsconsln-MllwauJcee (OVVM) 
b 7 the WAW in order to have their organization approved as 
a campua approved organization* Ihey will hold campus meetings 
at the Student Union, . \j\ 

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JiUCS^O'oNB'' ^ “/ 

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RALraS^LS ^ / 

September 13# 197^) 


Membershii 


To date, the WAW is a loose-knit organization with no formal 
membership. ^ ^ ^ 

September 13 > 1971) 





The "Milwaukee Sentinel”, a daily newspaper published in Milwaukee, 
V/isconsin, contained an article dated September I*., 1971, which 
read in part as follows: "WAW is made up of men who returned 
from the Washington protest to organize their former buddies. It 
pretty much runs itself, depending on specific issxzes. I^ople who 
are interested in a program can get it started and work on it. 

The groxjp just decides which projects can use its najne."\^ 

|flH^furn^hed^ 7^st of regional coordinators of the WAW 
T?hich^s obtained at the PCPJ National Convention held in 
Milwaukee, Wisoonsin, during June 25-27, 1971* Ihis list in- 
cluded the name of JOHN LINDQUIST as the regional coordinator 
for VJl3con3ln,''yjy 

The WAW is not officially registered as an organization at 
Milwaukee Area Technical^College as of September 10, 1971.\\ 

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September 10, 1971) 


The WAW is not registered as an organization at Marquette^ 
University as of September 13, 1971*\^ 

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D. Alma and Porpoaea. 

In 4 newa artiela taken from the ’'Milwaukee Sentinel” dated; 
September I 4 ., 1971, the 'mv/ outlined a nine-point program 
which follows: 

1. The imnediate eessatloo of fighting and the withdrawal 
of all Aoerloan troops from Indo-ohlna, 

2. The outoff ef funds for Bllitarr and CIA operations 

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la rarloas sections of the world, 

3« Showing how "our military dehtaumizes soldiers and 
civilians, " 

4., Protesting racism in the military, 

$, A demand for war crimes investigation. 

6. TTrging that active duty service personnel "be afforded 
the rights of citizens that are guaranteed by the 
IT. 3. Constitution and the Bill of Rights." 

7« Supporting anti-war service personnel and seeking 
amnesty for deserters and draft objectors. 

8. Bolstering hospital care for returning vets **¥< 
Ijq^oving job training and placement. 

9. Making it clear that changes are needed in the 
donestio Institutions "that have caused and permitted 
the eontinnanoe of war." 


S® financial^ structure^:, 

They recelTO'^tbeim' f inancTal aid . to lif^ort WA»- activities througl^ 


They recei^^their' f InancTal' aid . 
contributions' ~f:i>oim vets vb6tai^''1 

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To date, the Cotmuniat Party of Wiaconain (CW) has not shown 
any Interest whatsoever in the Milwaukee WArf, \ » 


^ep^i^er lU-# 1971) 

The T^AV attempted to form an acWya orriSzi"' 

du.-in/? the first part of 1971. This group attempting to 

was a small group of veterans whose purpose was to 

wM?"oSd L part of tha Patioaal TOW orga^ta- 
tiori.'^ Their main aim was to send People to .^asMngton. 

S??c^ors^^^a WA5"ohapte?T^^ 

?n this since Joined or aligned themselves with other 

peace groups in the Madison area, \ . 

September 13* 1971) 






Title VIETHAK VETERANS ASAINST 
THE WAR 




All sources (except any listed below) whose Identities 
ere cooceeled in referenced conmnmicatlon have furnished reliable 
Infonnatlon In the past. 


Character IHTERRAL 3ECTJRITT - HEW I£PT 

Reference Milwaukaa report of 

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The cuiTont situation In Cairo, Illinois stems from a set of clrcunstanoec- 
not unlike tVoso foun^ In nny black community In this country,' 31acant 
overt racism, ^llticnl rcorcssion, econwnic cxisloitation, an’.' police 
>.v tolity arc* the -win comiwncnt.s of oivjicsclon of black people. In 
.Cali'o, iilinolK the ntrn'f that bro’ce the camels bock '■•as the police mur<’cr 
of a black brother, n “warn" veteran, Tte Mtire community was outrage^' 
by this final insult anc^ <*oclOecl to fl 9 ht back. 

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Oncer the leaferuhl;) of Rev. ,;oen anc' the Onltc<S Front, the community 
commence'' a boycott of those busincaacs that represent the rreatest 
threat to the Mack coamunlty, fhise arc tho establiahnents that refuse 
to hire a black brother or sister, charts hic;her interest to black 
customers, h?.ve incrcoseO prices for black custoiers, inoult black customer 
(making them wait luitil all white folk are seivcf’, pro!50.sitlonin<;, black 
slscera, calllnc black brothers boy, etc.) am’, then havlnr the vuTmlti'iatecI 
Saul to use the p>:ofits accn»e<' by ovcrcharoino black ncople to finance 
a white viniiiante rrouo, whose ourr^Se for foimine was to "kceo nicoers in 
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The boycott, new in Its twonty-sevonth month, affcctino soiie seventy percen 
of the business establishments in Cairo has been ninety isoicent effective. 
This success ha.s rcoulto<* in raiiine the wrath o? the white racist cstab* 
lishment, which hms manifestC'^ itself In more arf-ressivc virillante 
acti'Uty. Th* vie ilanto's have complete sunoort of Governor Or.iiivc, the 
Police, the ;4iyor of Cairo, em' ore heac'ec’ up the Chief of loliee. 
The three blef. policomen that Cairo boasteiJ as bri'w-facic evit'-cnce of 
their "Libciftitsm" l^.vo quit the racist force in protest of the murCer of 
the black brother an'’ tho f'ormaciOi\ of the "'•'hitc (iats" (virillante 

The boycott is tho single -most effective weftf»n (non-violent) available 
to tho black community.* i successful economic boycott provides the 
leverage nec<V tor forclnc the racist r.wwct* to the conference table. 

Once at the tabic, nor.otiations to resolve the problO''!i of cxploitntion 
of all poor peo-ile can i>roeeo«> .ilso, tho i-isolution of tho vigilante 
croup am' tho oppression of the -ooov whites vtho are being maCe to support 

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people vitthout job« a p.tioen«5, no mutter ho'j nmall, is justification for 
c^lng what they must '^o), finally it must be rememberer' that the racist 
com’lt^oninr' of .■oor whites, i.e. , you f'on't havn a job nov» ant' if you 
Con't )>\'S<i'.y thos nit.ters in their Place when one (job) opens up a nlorcr x-»il):' 
rot it 'am' you'll ntill bo out in the col'^, has T»cn t’evastatinely effective 
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The question hm*? been raisci* “what benefit *'ill tlic i*oor whites fferlve from — 
VViUJ's isarticipstlon in time Cairo project?" I believe the preccr'iinr \ 
paragraph enrw>cTO that question, but 1 will attempt to amplify it, The 
successf'il accomplishment of the boycott, that is the nchievin<; of the 
objeetiven of t'ac linltc*' Front will proviOc a job market tor nil of the pool; 
t«.-oyle of Cairo, present forty-seven percent of the work force in 
Cairo (vrlth a very limitc'^ Job "*arket) is rocruitet' from outzof state. 

.blso, tho %(hite commu.Mty has close*.' tho si'ismtino <*ools, opertec' private 
schools, am* rcctricte*; the very li-.iteG moGical facilities. The Or.iteO 
Front intcTK'-v to oyCTt wblic fcciiitics, stop the fiovr of public funOs to 
private schooln, ei'van*. nwOical facilities, etc. The poor white.m are 
not any more -mobile tKmn the ;»or blacks, hence they can’t cet to the next 
town to c-o SM-irniin^, thcr/ can’t affor<’ to out their children, in orivc 
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INPOAMATIVC NOT6 


Attached relates one of our San Antoi 
security informants advised yesterday that 
the Vietnam Veterans Against the War and 
Direct Action, Kern Left activist-type 
organizations, sill sponsor an attempted 
distribution of draft-resistance leaflets 
Selective Service Boards and the Federal 
Co\irt House, Austin, Texas, beginning at ' 
9:00 a. a., 10/12/71, If successful, 
distribution sill be attempted again at 
8:00 a.m,,, 10/13-15/71,. 

Selective Service, ^neral Services 
Administration and Secret Service at Austi 
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DIRECTOR, ATTN. DOMESTIC INTELLI6EKCE DIVISION 


OKLAHOMA CITY <1550-8375) -P 


DEMONSTRATIONS TO "STOP SUSINESS" OCTOBER THIRTEEN, SEVENTYONE, 


at STATE AND FEDERAL FACILITIES IN NORMAN AND OKLAHOMA CITY, 
OKLAHOMA, SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA WAR RESISTERS^ 


LEAGUE, IS - NEW LEF 


RE OKLAHOMA CITY TEL, OCTOBER TWELVE, LAST 


INFORMANT, WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION IK PAST, 
advised OCTOBER THIRTEEN INSTANT AS. FOLLOWSl 


IN PREPARATION FOR ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED OCTOBER THIRTEEN 
INSTANT BY UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA (OU) WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE : 


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TC FOUR THIRTY P . OcfOEER TWELVE’laST,' PROf^ING ROtC.^^^ ' 
MOST DEMONpRATpRsl were , MEM^ Pf VIETNAM VETERANS 


AGAINST THE WAR. MO INCIDENTS 


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